đảm nhận

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 擔 (“to shoulder; to bear”) and 認 (“to accept”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˩ ɲən˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˨ ɲəŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩˦ ɲəŋ˨˩˨]

Verb

đảm nhận

1. to take on (a difficult task); to undertake