干

Dry in Chinese: 干 (gān)

gān

dry

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 乾2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1dry
  2. 2dried food
  3. 3empty; hollow
  4. 4taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. 5futile; in vain
  6. 6(dialect) rude; blunt
  7. 7(dialect) to cold-shoulder

Stroke order

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干

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄢ

gān

ㄍ/ gㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

干

Simplified

乾

Traditional

Example sentences

See 干 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我爱树干。

    wǒ ài shù gàn。

    I love the trunk.

  • 干活慢点。

    gàn huó màn diǎn。

    Work slowly.

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Related words

干净

gān jìng

clean

饼干

bǐng gān

biscuit

干杯

gān bēi

to drink a toast

干燥

gān zào

to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)

干脆

gān cuì

candid

能干

néng gàn

capable

干吗

gàn má

see 干嘛

干扰

gān rǎo

to disturb

干预

gān yù

to meddle

干涉

gān shè

to interfere

干部

gàn bù

cadre

干戈

gān gē

weapons of war

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