Chinese symbol for “daring”
胆大
dǎn dà
Traditional: 膽大
daring; bold; audacious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for daring is 胆大 (dǎn dà), defined as: daring; bold; audacious.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “daring”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胆大妄为 (膽大妄為) | dǎn dà wàng wéi | daring; presumptuous |
| 敢 | gǎn | to dare; daring |
| 大胆 (大膽) | dà dǎn | brazen; audacious |
| 魄力 | pò lì | courage; daring |
| 胆魄 (膽魄) | dǎn pò | boldness; daring |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胆大.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大胆 (大膽) | dà dǎn | brazen; audacious |
| 胆子 (膽子) | dǎn zi | courage; nerve |
| 胆小 (膽小) | dǎn xiǎo | cowardice; timid |
| 胆敢 (膽敢) | dǎn gǎn | to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) |
| 胆量 (膽量) | dǎn liàng | courage; boldness |
| 胆固醇 (膽固醇) | dǎn gù chún | cholesterol |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
See also: Japanese symbol for “daring”.
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.