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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “audacious”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大胆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 胆子 (膽子) | dǎn zi | courage; nerve |
| 胆小 (膽小) | dǎn xiǎo | cowardice; 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.