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担

dān

HSK 3 Character Traditional 擔

What 担 means

1. to undertake
2. to carry
3. to shoulder
4. to take responsibility

Other readings

担 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dànpicul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load

Example sentences

• 别担心。
  Don't worry about it.
• 别担心！
  Don't worry!
• 不要担心。
  Don't worry about it.
• 不要担心！
  Don't worry!
• 别担心了。
  Stop worrying.
• 我担心他。
  I worry about him.

Words starting with 担

• 担心dān xīnanxious; worried; uneasy
• 担任dān rènto hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of
• 担保dān bǎoto guarantee; to vouch for
• 担忧dān yōuto worry; to be concerned
• 担当dān dāngto take upon oneself; to assume
• 担负dān fùto shoulder; to bear; to undertake
• 担子dàn zicarrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task
• 担架dān jiàstretcher; litter; bier
• 担纲dān gāngto play the leading role
• 担惊受怕dān jīng shòu pà(idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious
• 担承dān chéngto undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
• 担担面dàn dàn miànSichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce
• 担待dān dàito pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility
• 担架床dān jià chuángstretcher
• 担荷dān hèto shoulder a burden
• 担架兵dān jià bīngstretcher bearer (military)
• 担仔面dàn zǎi miànta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan
• 担架抬dān jià táistretcher (for the injured)
• 担懮dān yōuworry; anxiety
• 担误dān wuvariant of 耽误
• 担搁dān gevariant of 耽搁

Words containing 担

• 承担chéng dānto undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
• 负担fù dānto bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden
• 分担fēn dānto share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
• 重担zhòng dànheavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
• 扁担biǎn dancarrying pole; shoulder pole
• 公担gōng dànquintal (100 kg)
• 市担shì dànChinese unit of weight equal to 100 jin (or 50 kg)
• 负担不起fù dān bu qǐcannot afford; cannot bear the burden
• 债务担保证券zhài wù dān bǎo zhèng quàncollateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond
• 资产担保证券zī chǎn dān bǎo zhèng quànasset-backed security; ABS
• 替古人担忧tì gǔ rén dān yōuto fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily…
• 牵羊担酒qiān yáng dān jiǔpulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom)…
• 扁担星Biǎn dan xīngAltair and its two adjacent stars
• 零担líng dānless-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation)

Characters built on 旦

These share the phonetic component 旦 (dàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 但dànbut; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted; level
• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 袒tǎnto bare
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 亶dǎnsincere

Characters that look like 担

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 批pīto ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 扭niǔto turn; to twist; to wring
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch
• 拽zhuàito pull; to tug at (sth)

Sounds the same

Read dān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 单bill; list; form
• 耽to indulge in; to delay
• 丹red; pellet; powder
• 聃ears without rim
• 眈used in 眈眈
• 郸used in place names 邯郸
• 殚entirely; to exhaust
• 砃white stone
• 儋carry
• 酖addicted to liquor
• 箪round basket for cooked rice
• 襌garment without a lining