竟敢 meaning in English

jìnggǎn

to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to

HSK 7-9verb22 strokes

Meaning of 竟敢

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jìnggǎn
  1. to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to

竟敢 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ竟jìng敢gǎn这zhè样yàng对duì长zhǎng辈bèi说shuō话huà?!
How dare you speak like that to your elders and betters!
她tā竟jìng敢gǎn说shuō出chū来lái。
She had the nerve to speak out.
你nǐ竟jìng敢gǎn这zhè样yàng和hé我wǒ说shuō话huà?
How dare you speak like that to me?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

竟 jìng · unexpectedly · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

敢 gǎn · to dare · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 竟敢.

究竟jiūjìngto go to the bottom of a matter; after all
竟然jìngránunexpectedly; to one's surprise
勇敢yǒnggǎnbrave; courageous
毕竟bìjìngafter all; all in all
不敢当bùgǎndānglit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me
敢于gǎnyúto have the courage to do sth; to dare to
敢情gǎnqingactually; as it turns out
胆敢dǎngǎnto dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
敢死队gǎnsǐduìsuicide squad; kamikaze unit

Questions about 竟敢

What does 竟敢 mean?

竟敢 (jìnggǎn) means "to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 竟敢?

竟敢 is made of 2 characters: 竟 (11 strokes), 敢 (11 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 竟敢 an HSK word?

Yes. 竟敢 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.