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担任

dān rèn · dan ren

Traditional 擔任

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)班(bān)要(yào)选(xuǎn)班长(bānzhǎng)，你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)担任(dānrèn)吗(ma)？

    Our class will elect a monitor. Do you want to serve?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)？我(wǒ)不(bù)想(xiǎng)担任(dānrèn)班长(bānzhǎng)。

    Me? I do not want to be monitor.

  3. Liangliang

    为什么(wèishénme)？

    Why?

  4. Dengdeng

    班长(bānzhǎng)要(yào)每天(měitiān)早到(zǎodào)，我(wǒ)起(qǐ)不(bù)来(lái)。

    The monitor must arrive early every day, and I cannot get up.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)来(lái)担任(dānrèn)班长(bānzhǎng)，你(nǐ)担任(dānrèn)副班长(fùbānzhǎng)。

    Then I will be monitor and you be vice monitor.

  6. Dengdeng

    副班长(fùbānzhǎng)也(yě)要(yào)早到(zǎodào)吧(ba)？

    The vice monitor has to come early too, right?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)很(hěn)高(gāo)兴(xìng)我(wǒ)们(men)录(lù)用(yòng)了(le)你(nǐ)来(lái)担(dān)任(rèn)这(zhè)份(fèn)工(gōng)作(zuò)。

I'm glad we hired you for this job.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mirrorvan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)在(zài)这(zhè)所(suǒ)中(zhōng)学(xué)担(dān)任(rèn)英(yīng)语(yǔ)老(lǎo)师(shī)已(yǐ)经(jīng)十(shí)年(nián)了(le)。

She has served as an English teacher at this middle school for ten years.

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担
dān

to undertake; to carry

任
rèn

to assign; to appoint

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