[dān]
[动]
（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
Let's take on the job.
咱们把任务担起来。
[dàn]
[名]
（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]
（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。