敢 (gǎn) means Dare (courage). Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我不 敢 一个人去那儿。
Wǒ bù gǎn yí ge rén qù nàr.
I do not dare go there alone.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 敢
你 敢 跟他说这件事吗？
Nǐ gǎn gēn tā shuō zhè jiàn shì ma?
Do you dare tell him about this?
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 敢
故事里的王子很勇 敢 。
Gùshi lǐ de wángzǐ hěn yǒnggǎn.
The prince in the story is brave.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 王子
遇到困难要勇 敢 一点儿。
Yùdào kùnnan yào yǒnggǎn yìdiǎnr.
Be a bit braver when you meet difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 勇敢
我们要勇 敢 地面对困难。
Wǒmen yào yǒnggǎn de miànduì kùnnan.
We should face difficulties bravely.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 面对
您过奖了，我实在不 敢 当。
Nín guòjiǎng le, wǒ shízài bù gǎndāng.
You flatter me; I really don't deserve such praise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不敢当
他勇 敢 地揭露了这种做法。
Tā yǒnggǎn de jiēlù le zhè zhǒng zuòfǎ.
He bravely exposed this practice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 揭露
大家叫我老师，我可不 敢 当。
Dàjiā jiào wǒ lǎoshī, wǒ kě bù gǎndāng.
Everyone calls me teacher, but I could not possibly accept that.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不敢当
他勇 敢 地拦住了逃跑的歹徒。
Tā yǒnggǎn de lánzhù le táopǎo de dǎitú.
He bravely blocked the fleeing villain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 歹徒
他站在悬崖边缘，不 敢 往下看。
Tā zhàn zài xuányá biānyuán, bù gǎn wǎng xià kàn.
He stood at the edge of the cliff and dared not look down.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 边缘
他从小就 敢 于反抗不公平的事。
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù gǎnyú fǎnkàng bù gōngpíng de shì.
From childhood he dared to stand up against unfairness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反抗
这部电影太恐怖了，我不 敢 看。
Zhè bù diànyǐng tài kǒngbù le, wǒ bù gǎn kàn.
This film is too frightening; I dare not watch it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恐怖
他有开拓精神， 敢 做别人不 敢 做的事。
Tā yǒu kāituò jīngshén, gǎn zuò biéren bù gǎn zuò de shì.
He has a pioneering spirit and dares to do what others will not.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开拓
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From the graded readers
我不 敢 说自己爱上了跑步——说实话，我到现在也不太喜欢。
wǒ bùgǎn shuō zìjǐ àishàng le / liǎo / liào pǎobù—— shuō shíhuà, wǒ dào xiànzài yěbù tài xǐhuan.
I wouldn't claim to have fallen in love with running — honestly, I still don't much like it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
Words that contain 敢
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 敢
How is 敢 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 敢 (gǎn, "Dare (courage)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 敢 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 敢 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 敢 an HSK word?
Yes — 敢 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 敢?
The dictionary page for 敢 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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