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干燥 (gān zào) – to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)

gān zào

to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 乾燥2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
  2. 2desiccation
  3. 3dull
  4. 4uninteresting
  5. 5arid

Simplified & traditional

干燥

Simplified

乾燥

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 这是片干燥地区，几乎是一片荒漠。

    zhè shì piàn gān zào dì qū ， jī hū shì yí piàn huāng mò 。

    It is an arid region, almost a desert.

  • 这里的夏天很潮湿，另外，冬天很干燥。

    zhè lǐ de xià tiān hěn cháo shī ， lìng wài ， dōng tiān hěn gān zào 。

    It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.

Related words

干

gān

old variant of 干

干净

gān jìng

clean

饼干

bǐng gān

biscuit

干杯

gān bēi

to drink a toast

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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