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): ㄉㄢ ㄖㄣˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄖㄣˋ
    • 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´ im / dam´ ngim
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dam¹ yim⁴ / dam¹ ngim⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tam²⁴⁻¹¹ im⁵⁵/, /tam²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋim⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâm-yim / tâm-ngim
    • Hakka Romanization System: dam´ (r)im / dam´ 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

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

Synonyms

• 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)
• 食坐 (Hokkien)
• 食擔／食担 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
擔	任

Verb

擔任

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