不敢当 bù gǎndāng

1. (literally) I dare not accept the honor
2. you flatter me

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 不敢当 will read it the same way this page does.

不敢当 is written with 3 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

What does 不敢当 mean in English?

不敢当 is pronounced bù gǎndāng and means (literally) I dare not accept the honor, you flatter me.

How do you pronounce 不敢当?

不敢当 is bù gǎndāng in pinyin — written bugandang without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 不敢当?

不敢当 is written with 3 characters: 不 (bù) No (not), 敢 (gǎn) Dare (courage), 当 (dāng / dàng) Should (facing - when - act as - equal); Appropriate (assume). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 不敢当 written in traditional Chinese?

不敢當. The simplified form 不敢当 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 不敢當 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced bù gǎndāng.

Is 不敢当 an HSK word?

Yes — 不敢当 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.