担 [dān]

• 动词
  • （用肩膀挑） carry on a shoulder pole:

    carry water (with a shoulder pole and buckets)

    担水

  • （担负;承当） take on; undertake:

    ready to face any danger; not to be afraid of running risks;

    不怕担风险

    undertake the responsibility for another;

    为别人担责任

担 [dàn]

• 名词
  • (担子) a carrying pole and the loads on it; load; burden:
  • (担子) a carrying pole and the loads on it; load; burden:

    loads of goods carried on a shoulder pole by an itinerant pedlar;

    货郎担

    ready to shoulder heavy tasks

    勇挑重担

• 量词
  • （重量单位） dan, a unit of weight (=50 kilograms); picul:

    One hundred jin equals one dan [picul]

    一百市斤为一担。

  • （用于成担的东西）:

    two buckets of water (carried on a shoulder pole)

    一担水