Correct

担负 vs 负担

/ dānfù vs fùdān /
Strokes

Formula

1
担负责任 (responsibility)
2
担负工作 (work)
3
担负重任 (important task)
4
担负费用 (expenses)
5
负担责任 (responsibility)
6
负担工作 (work)
7
负担费用 (expenses)
8
负担生活 (life)
9
负担不起 (can't afford)
10
担负不起 (can't afford)

Definition

担负 as a Verb, 负担 as a Verb or Noun, which means [to bear; to shoulder].

Example

担负 means "to shoulder and bear", and the object is usually sth. abstract.
担负责任 (responsibility) 担负工作 (work) 担负重任 (important task) 担负费用 (expenses)
1
独自
rén
dān
担负
  
(
dān
负担
  
)
zhāo
liǎng
háizi
孩子
de
shàng
xué
大学
fèiyòng
费用
  

He supports on his own the college expenses of his two children.

2
men
你们
毕业
hòu
以后
  
,
jiāngyào
将要
zài
各个
gǎngwèi
岗位
shàng
dān
担负
  
(
dān
负担
  
)
dìng
一定
de
rèn
责任
  

You will be responsible for your job to some extent after your graduation.

3
zài
zhège
这个
gōng
公司
dān
担负
  
(
dān
负担
  
)
jiào
zhòngyào
重要
de
zhí
职责
  

She is in an important position in this company.

负担 (v.) is more literary.
1) In examples ①, ② and ③ and example ④, 担负, and 负担 are interchangeable, but 负担 sounds more literary.

2) Sometimes 负担不起 sounds more serious than 担负不起.
负担责任 (responsibility) 负担工作 (work) 负担费用 (expenses) 负担生活 (life) 负担不起 (can't afford) 担负不起 (can't afford)
4
shíduō
四十多
suì
shí
jīng
已经
zài
zhèngmén
政府部门
dān
负担
  
(
dān
担负
  
)
zhòngyào
重要
de
rènwu
任务
  

He had been in an important position in government department in his forties.

5
Zhème
这么
de
rèn
责任
  
,
dān
负担
  

I cannot take on such important responsibility.

负担 as a noun means "responsibility, expenses, or spiritual burden, mostly nonpositive".
6
yào
yǎnghuo
养活
quánjiā
全家
liù
kǒu
rén
  
,
shēnghuó
生活
dān
负担
qīng
  

It is not easy to support his family of six people.

7
Biànlùn
辩论
sài
比赛
  
,
shì
chū
初次
shàngzhèn
上阵
  
,
nánmiǎn
难免
yǒu
xiǎng
思想
dān
负担
  

It's natural that he felt a bit nervous in his first debate competition.

8
Zhè
这笔
fèiyòng
费用
  
,
duì
shì
可是
xiǎo
de
dān
负担
  

The expenses are too much for him.

9
xīn
心理
zhì
素质
cuò
不错
  
,
línchǎng
临场
sài
比赛
shí
diǎnr  
一点儿
dān
负担
méiyǒu
没有
  

He took the match with ease for his psyquality is nice.

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