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Chinese symbol for “audacious”

大胆
dà dǎn
Traditional: 大膽
brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold

The closest CC-CEDICT match for audacious is 大胆 (dà dǎn), defined as: brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
胆 dǎn
gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “audacious”

WordPinyinMeaning
胆大 (膽大)dǎn dàdaring; bold

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大胆.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
胆子 (膽子)dǎn zicourage; nerve
胆小 (膽小)dǎn xiǎocowardice; timid

See also: Japanese symbol for “audacious”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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