Chinese symbol for “intently”
眈眈
dān dān
(to gaze) intently
The closest CC-CEDICT match for intently is 眈眈 (dān dān), defined as: (to gaze) intently.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “intently”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 密切 | mì qiè | close; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc) |
| 一心一意 | yī xīn yī yì | concentrating one's thoughts and efforts; single-minded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 眈眈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虎视眈眈 (虎視眈眈) | hǔ shì dān dān | (lit.) to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom); (fig.) to eye covetously |
See also: Japanese symbol for “intently”.
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.