干
旱

Drought in Chinese: 干旱 (gān hàn)

gān hàn

drought

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 乾旱1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1drought
  2. 2arid
  3. 3dry

Stroke order

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干
旱

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄢ

gān

ㄍ/ gㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄏㄢˋ

hàn

ㄏ/ hㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

干旱

Simplified

乾旱

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 今年夏天干旱严重，庄稼都枯死了。

    jīn nián xià tiān gān hàn yán zhòng， zhuāng jia dōu kū sǐ le。

    The drought was severe this summer, and the crops all withered and died.

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Related words

干

gān

dry

旱

hàn

drought

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

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