HSK 3 grammar · modal
敢
敢 — dare to
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
敢 before a verb means to have the courage to do something — "dare to". Negate it with 不敢 (dare not).
Examples
我不敢一个人走夜路。
Wǒ bù gǎn yí ge rén zǒu yèlù.
I don't dare walk alone at night.
你敢跟他说吗？
Nǐ gǎn gēn tā shuō ma?
Do you dare tell him?
他不敢吃辣的。
Tā bù gǎn chī là de.
He doesn't dare eat spicy food.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 敢 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.