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担任

dān rèn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 擔任

担任 (dān rèn) means "to hold (a post/position)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 担任 means

1. to hold a governmental office or post
2. to assume office of
3. to take charge of
4. to serve as

The characters in 担任

• 担dānto undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post

Example sentences

• 他担任我的向导。
  Tā dānrèn wǒ de xiàngdǎo.
  He acted as my guide.
• 我叔叔让我担任翻译。
  Wǒ shūshu ràng wǒ dānrèn fānyì.
  My uncle had me act as a translator.
• 我舅舅让我担任翻译。
  My uncle made me serve as interpreter.
• 我们在学校担任教师。
  We work as teachers in the school.
• 汤姆在考虑担任教练一职。
  Tom is considering taking a coaching job.
• 上大学的时候，小王担任过班长。
  Shàng dàxué de shíhou, xiǎo Wáng dānrèn guo bānzhǎng.
  Whilst at university, Xiaowang held the post of class monitor.

Where 担任 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Labor & Employment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dān rèn correctly.
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