擔daam1當dong1

English

1. to take upon oneself
2. to hold responsibility
3. to assume
4. position; roleunreviewed?
5. to be responsible for; to bear the responsibilityunreviewed?
6. sense of responsibilityunreviewed?
7. to play a role (in something)unreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 喺某團體入面嘅崗位、位置unreviewed?
2. 承擔責任、負責崗位unreviewed?
3. 責任心unreviewed?
4. 擔任某個角色unreviewed?

Examples

• 他要负责任，但这责任他可担当不了。

  He had to be responsible, but this was a responsibility that he couldn’t bear.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

• unreviewed?

  顏值擔當

  the face (of an idol group)

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  呢個責任我擔當唔起。

  I can't bear this responsibility. ----

• unreviewed?

  你呢個人咁冇擔當嘅。

  You are so irresponsible.

• unreviewed?

  唔好以為自己冇用，其實你擔當緊好重要嘅角色。

  Don't assume you're useless. You actually have an important role to play.