HSK 4 vocabularyHSK 3.0

敢

gǎn

Meaning of 敢 in English

gǎnHSK 4verbSyllabus #1223
  1. to dare
  2. daring
  3. (polite) may I venture

Example sentences

  1. 你怎么敢这样说话?
    nǐ zěn me gǎn zhè yàng shuō huà?
    How dare you speak like that!
    Tatoeba #471432 by fucongcong · #16340 by Swift · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 您怎么敢这样说话?
    nín zěn me gǎn zhè yàng shuō huà?
    How dare you speak like that!
    Tatoeba #471434 by fucongcong · #16340 by Swift · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 天使畏懼處, 愚人敢闖入。
    tiān shǐ wèi jù chù, yú rén gǎn chuǎng rù。
    Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
    Tatoeba #772090 by Martha · #237710 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 敢

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences