岂敢 qǐgǎn how dare Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents qǐgǎn how dare 岂 豈 qǐ adverb how Used in formal or literary writing to form a rhetorical question, asking "how" or "how can it be that..."敢 gǎn auxiliaryverb to dare to dare; to have the courage or bravery to do somethingqǐgǎn I don't deserve it 岂 豈 qǐ adverb how Used in formal or literary writing to form a rhetorical question, asking "how" or "how can it be that..."敢 gǎn [polite] used before a verb to politely indicate that one's action is bold or venturesome; meaning "may I venture to..." or "dare I ask..."