Chinese symbol for “foolhardy”
蛮干
mán gàn
Traditional: 蠻幹
to act rashly; to act precipitously regardless of the consequences; reckless; foolhardy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for foolhardy is 蛮干 (mán gàn), defined as: to act rashly; to act precipitously regardless of the consequences; reckless; foolhardy; daredevil.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “foolhardy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蛮干.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野蛮 (野蠻) | yě mán | barbarous; uncivilized |
| 蛮横 (蠻橫) | mán hèng | rude and unreasonable |
| 蛮子 (蠻子) | mán zi | barbarian; slave servant |
| 蛮荒 (蠻荒) | mán huāng | savage; wild |
| 胡搅蛮缠 (胡攪蠻纏) | hú jiǎo mán chán | (idiom) to pester endlessly |
| 刁蛮 (刁蠻) | diāo mán | crafty and unruly |
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre; official |
| 干净 (乾淨) | gān jìng | clean; neat |
See also: Japanese symbol for “foolhardy”.
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.