擔任

See also: 担任

Chinese

		to carry on shoulder; to undertake; shoulder pole to carry on shoulder; to undertake; shoulder pole; burden; load; responsibility; picul (133.33 lbs.)	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (擔任)		擔	任
simp. (担任)		担	任

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dānrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹ jam⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tâm-yim / tâm-ngim
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tam-jīm / tam-līm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: danrèn
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-jên⁴
  - Yale: dān-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danrenn
  - Palladius: даньжэнь (danʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daam¹ jam⁶
  - Yale: dāam yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam¹ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam¹ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm⁵⁵ jɐm²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâm-yim / tâm-ngim
  - Hakka Romanization System: dam^ˊ im / dam^ˊ ngim
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dam¹ yim⁴ / dam¹ ngim⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tam²⁴⁻¹¹ im⁵⁵/, /tam²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋim⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâm-yim / tâm-ngim
  - Hakka Romanization System: dam^ˊ (r)im / dam^ˊ ngim
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dam¹ yim⁴ / dam¹ ngim⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tam²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im⁵⁵/, /tam²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋim⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: tam-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: damjim
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam⁴⁴⁻³³ zim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zim²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-līm
  - Tâi-lô: tam-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: damlim
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tam³³ lim⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tam⁴⁴⁻²² lim²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tam⁴⁴⁻³³ lim³³/

Verb

擔任

to assume; to take on; to serve; to hold; to take charge (of an office, position, role, post, etc.)

Synonyms

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充任 (chōngrèn)
充作 (chōngzuò) (of an unqualified person or thing)
充當／充当 (chōngdāng)
坐投 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
坐擔／坐担 (Hokkien)
坐斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
承受 (chéngshòu)
承擔／承担 (chéngdān)
承當／承当 (chéngdāng)
接載／接载 (Hokkien)
擔／担
擔承／担承 (dānchéng)
擔當／担当 (dāndāng)
擔負／担负 (dānfù)
擔責承／担责承 (Hokkien)
擔領／担领 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
稟受／禀受 (bǐngshòu) (literary)
肩 (jiān)
肩負／肩负 (jiānfù)
負擔／负担 (fùdān)
負荷／负荷 (fùhè)
食坐 (Hokkien)
食擔／食担 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
擔	任

Verb

擔任

chữ Hán form of đảm nhiệm (“to take on (responsibility); to assume; to undertake”).