to dare/daring/(polite) may I venture/to be certain
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
動詞
夠膽做一樣嘢 to be brave enough; to dare; to venture
佢乜嘢都敢做。
佢乜嘢都敢做。
keoi5 mat1 je5 dou1 gam2 zou6. He dares to do anything.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, Hakka, Taiwanese-Hokkien
Interrogative adverb, placed before the verb to create a yes-no question.
character, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou-Hokkien
perhaps
character, polite
may I venture
敢問
敢问
gǎn wèn may I ask
敢問路在何方？路在腳下。
敢问路在何方？路在脚下。
gǎn wèn lù zài hé fāng ？ lù zài jiǎo xià ． Dare I ask where is the road? The road is beneath our feet.
character
bold; brave; daring
character
to be sure; to be certain; to bet; to presume
敢肯定
敢肯定
gǎn kěn dìng to be sure, to be certain
敢說
敢说
gǎn shuō to be sure, to be certain
character
to dare (to); to venture (to)
我們必須敢想，敢説，敢幹。
我们必须敢想，敢说，敢干。
wǒ men bì xū gǎn xiǎng ， gǎn shuō ， gǎn gàn ． We must dare to think, speak up and act.
他不敢正眼看她。
他不敢正眼看她。
tā bù gǎn zhèng yǎn kàn tā ． He didn't dare to look at her in the face.
在那個風雨交加的夜晚，很少有人敢出去。
在那个风雨交加的夜晚，很少有人敢出去。
zài nà ge fēng yǔ jiāo jiā de yè wǎn ， hěn shào yǒu rén gǎn chū qù ． Very few people ventured to go out on that stormy night.
character, Teochew, rhetoric
can it be possible that; how
Definitions (Unihan)
to dare, venture
bold, brave
Cangjie Input
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Definitions (HSK3.0)
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Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
他怎么敢拆我的信！
他怎麼敢拆我的信！
tā zěn me gǎn chāi wǒ de xìn ！
I can't ask for the test results. I'm too terrified to hear them.
Mandarin
今晚稍早，我接到马侃参议员打来，态度非常恳切的电话。马侃参议员已打完一场漫长艰苦的选战。他为这个他所热爱的国家所打的仗更久，更艰苦。他为美国的奉献牺牲，是我们多数同胞难以想像的。因为有他这位勇敢无私的领袖的奉献，我们才能过比较好的日子。
今晚稍早，我接到馬侃參議員打來，態度非常懇切的電話。馬侃參議員已打完一場漫長艱苦的選戰。他為這個他所熱愛的國家所打的仗更久，更艱苦。他為美國的奉獻犧牲，是我們多數同胞難以想像的。因為有他這位勇敢無私的領袖的奉獻，我們才能過比較好的日子。
jīn wǎn shāo zǎo ， wǒ jiē dào mǎ kǎn cān yì yuán dǎ lái ， tài du fēi cháng kěn qiè de diàn huà 。 mǎ kǎn cān yì yuán yǐ dǎ wán yī chǎng màn cháng jiān kǔ de xuǎn zhàn 。 tā wèi zhè ge tā suǒ rè ài de guó jiā suǒ dǎ dī zhàng gèng jiǔ ， gèng jiān kǔ 。 tā wèi měi guó de fèng xiàn xī shēng ， shì wǒ men duō shù tóng bāo nán yǐ xiǎng xiàng de 。 yīn wèi yǒu tā zhè wèi yǒng gǎn wú sī de lǐng xiù de fèng xiàn ， wǒ men cái néng guò bǐ jiào hǎo de rì zi 。
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
Mandarin
就在我们今晚站在这里的时刻，我们知道勇敢的美国士兵在伊拉克的沙漠里和阿富汗的群山中醒来，他们冒着生命危险来保护着我们的生命。
就在我們今晚站在這裏的時刻，我們知道勇敢的美國士兵在伊拉克的沙漠裏和阿富汗的羣山中醒來，他們冒着生命危險來保護着我們的生命。
jiù zài wǒ men jīn wǎn zhàn zài zhè lǐ de shí kè ， wǒ men zhī dào yǒng gǎn de měi guó shì bīng zài yī lā kè de shā mò lǐ hé ā fù hàn de qún shān zhōng xǐng lái ， tā men mào zhe shēng mìng wēi xiǎn lái bǎo hù zhe wǒ men de shēng mìng 。
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, to risk their lives for us.