pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
担 
擔 
dan1 
 
 
to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility 
 
担 
擔 
dan4 
 
 
picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load; classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole 
 
 
strokes 
8 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
5 
 
扁担 
扁擔 
bian3 dan5 
 
 
carrying pole; shoulder pole 
 
扁担星 
扁擔星 
bian3 dan5 xing1 
 
 
Altair and its two adjacent stars 
 
承担 
承擔 
cheng2 dan1 
 
 
to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) 
 
担保 
擔保 
dan1 bao3 
 
 
to guarantee; to vouch for 
 
担承 
擔承 
dan1 cheng2 
 
 
to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) 
 
担待 
擔待 
dan1 dai4 
 
 
to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility 
 
担当 
擔當 
dan1 dang1 
 
 
to take upon oneself; to assume 
 
担负 
擔負 
dan1 fu4 
 
 
to shoulder; to bear; to undertake 
 
担搁 
擔擱 
dan1 ge5 
 
 
variant of 耽擱|耽搁 
 
担荷 
擔荷 
dan1 he4 
 
 
to shoulder a burden 
 
担架 
擔架 
dan1 jia4 
 
 
stretcher; litter; bier 
 
担架兵 
擔架兵 
dan1 jia4 bing1 
 
 
stretcher bearer (military) 
 
担架床 
擔架床 
dan1 jia4 chuang2 
 
 
stretcher 
 
担架抬 
擔架抬 
dan1 jia4 tai2 
 
 
stretcher (for the injured) 
 
担惊受怕 
擔驚受怕 
dan1 jing1 shou4 pa4 
 
 
to feel apprehensive; to be alarmed 
 
担任 
擔任 
dan1 ren4 
 
 
to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as 
 
担误 
擔誤 
dan1 wu5 
 
 
variant of 耽誤|耽误 
 
担心 
擔心 
dan1 xin1 
 
 
anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious 
 
担忧 
擔憂 
dan1 you1 
 
 
to worry; to be concerned 
 
担懮 
擔懮 
dan1 you1 
 
 
worry; anxiety 
 
担仔面 
擔仔麵 
dan1 zai3 mian4 
 
 
ta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan 
 
担担面 
擔擔麵 
dan4 dan4 mian4 
 
 
Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce 
 
担子 
擔子 
dan4 zi5 
 
 
carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility 
 
分担 
分擔 
fen1 dan1 
 
 
to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) 
 
负担 
負擔 
fu4 dan1 
 
 
burden; to bear a burden 
 
负担不起 
負擔不起 
fu4 dan1 bu5 qi3 
 
 
cannot afford; cannot bear the burden 
 
负担者 
負擔者 
fu4 dan1 zhe3 
 
 
bearer 
 
公担 
公擔 
gong1 dan4 
 
 
quintal (100 kg) 
 
零担 
零擔 
ling2 dan1 
 
 
less-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation) 
 
牵羊担酒 
牽羊擔酒 
qian1 yang2 dan1 jiu3 
 
 
pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations; to kill the fatted calf 
 
市担 
市擔 
shi4 dan4 
 
 
Chinese unit of weight equal to 100 jin (or 50 kg) 
 
替古人担忧 
替古人擔憂 
ti4 gu3 ren2 dan1 you1 
 
 
to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily; crying over spilt milk; often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues 
 
债务担保证券 
債務擔保證券 
zhai4 wu4 dan1 bao3 zheng4 quan4 
 
 
collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond 
 
重担 
重擔 
zhong4 dan4 
 
 
heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility 
 
资产担保证券 
資產擔保證券 
zi1 chan3 dan1 bao3 zheng4 quan4 
 
 
asset-backed security; ABS