果敢

Chinese

		fruit; result	dare
trad. (果敢)		果	敢
simp. ^#(果敢)		果	敢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǒgǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² gam²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǒgǎn [Phonetic: guógǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǒgǎn
  - Wade–Giles: kuo³-kan³
  - Yale: gwǒ-gǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guoogaan
  - Palladius: гогань (goganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo² gam²
  - Yale: gwó gám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² gam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo² gem²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ kɐm³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kuɑ^X kɑm^X/

Rime
Character	果	敢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古火切	古覽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwa^X/	/kam^X/
Li Rong	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Wang Li	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǒ	gǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwo²	gam²

Adjective

果敢

courageous and resolute; resolute and daring

Synonyms

勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)
勇猛 (yǒngměng)
神勇 (shényǒng) (extraordinarily brave)

英勇 (yīngyǒng)
大無畏／大无畏 (dàwúwèi) (utterly fearless)
無畏／无畏 (wúwèi)

Antonyms

懦弱 (nuòruò)
喪膽／丧胆 (sàngdǎn)

Derived terms

勇猛果敢

Etymology 2

From Burmese ကိုးကန့် (kui:kan.).

Proper noun

果敢

(～自治區) Kokang (a self-administered zone of Shan, Myanmar; capital: Laukkai)
(～人, ～族) Kokang people

Derived terms

果敢族 (guǒgǎnzú)

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