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干 gān

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干 gān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gān | gan1
English translation
old variant of 乾 gān
>干 gān [gān]
dry
clean
in vain
dried food
foster
adoptive
to ignore
variant of 乾 gān
surname Gan
tree trunk
main part of sth
to manage
to work
to do
capable
cadre
to kill (slang)
to fuck (vulgar)
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

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About 干 gān

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HSK level

4

Number of strokes

3

Radical frequency

9

Traditional form

幹 gàn

Contains the radical

十 shí

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A club or axe

Etymology of 干 gān

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿱一十

Explanation

Pictograph of a shild. In simplified Chinese 干 gān is also used to mean "dry", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 乾 gān . In simplified Chinese 干 gān is also used to mean "tree trunk; do", while in traditional Chinese this m

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Example sentences using 干 gān

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她 tā 干吗 gàn má 要 yāo 养活 yǎng huo 这 zhè 群 qún 饿 è 痨 láo 鬼 guǐ 呢 ne ?

Why should she feed this horde of hungry men?

我 wǒ 必须 bìxū 脱 tuō 掉 diào 这些 zhè xiē 湿 shī 衣服 yīfu ,然后 ránhòu 来 lái 一 yī 杯 bēi 干 gān 马 Mǎ 提尼.

I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.

BAKER先生 Xiānsheng : 是 shì 的 de , 我 wǒ 喜欢 xǐhuan 辣 là 的 de 食物 shíwù ,你 nǐ 呢 ne , 你是干什么 shénme 工作 gōngzuò 的 de ?

MR BAKER: Yes, I like hot food Well, what do you do?

最好 zuìhǎo 是 shì 去 qù 做 zuò 个 gè 体检 tǐ jiǎn !干 gān 吃不饱 bǎo 怎么 zěnme 回 huí 事 shì ?

How does dry be on short commons return a responsibility?

他 tā 的 de 手掌 shǒu zhǎng 因 yīn 干 gān 挖土的 de 活儿 huó r 而 ér 磨 mó 破 pò 了 le 皮 Pí .

His palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.

Words with 干 gān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
干 gān tree trunk幹 gàn
干部 gàn bù cadre幹部
干什么 gàn shén me what are you doing?幹什麼
干净 gānjìng clean乾淨
干吗 gàn má whatever for?幹嗎
干嘛 gàn má whatever for?幹嘛
干扰 gānrǎo to disturb干擾
若干 ruògān how many?若干 ruògān
干脆 gāncuì clear-cut乾脆
干活 gàn huó to work幹活
干掉 gàn diào to get rid of幹掉
饼干 bǐnggān biscuit餅乾
干燥 gānzào dull乾燥
干预 gānyù to meddle干預
干杯 gānbēi to drink a toast乾杯
骨干 gǔgàn fig. backbone骨幹
干涉 gānshè to interfere干涉 gānshè
干旱 gānhàn drought乾旱
干细胞 gàn xì bāo stem cell幹細胞
干线 gàn xiàn main line幹線
干警 gàn jǐng police幹警
干劲 gànjìn enthusiasm for doing sth幹勁
能干 nénggàn capable能幹
干事 gàn shi administrator幹事
干酪 gān lào cheese乾酪

干 gān Decomposition & Compounds

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干 gān Decomposition

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干 gān Compounds

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  • 干 gān
    • 平 Píng
      • 评 píng , 苹 píng , 砰 pēng , 坪 píng , 抨 pēng , 呯 píng , 秤 chèng , 怦 pēng , 鲆 píng , 枰 píng , 伻 bēng , 匉 pēng , 泙 píng , 玶 píng , 閛 pēng , 岼, 胓, 蚲, 評 píng , 軯, 駍, 鮃 píng
    • 幸 xìng
      • 睪 yì
        • 擇 zé
          • 蘀, 籜
        • 睾 gāo , 譯 yì , 繹 yì , 墿, 嬕, 曎, 歝
      • 報 bào
        • 蕔 bāo
      • 逹 dá
        • 躂 tà , 繨 dá , 鐽, 噠 dā , 墶, 撻 tà , 橽, 澾, 燵, 薘, 蟽, 闥, 韃 dá
      • 執 zhí
      • 悻 xìng , 倖 xìng , 圉 yǔ , 婞 xìng , 涬 xìng , 啈, 墇, 瓡, 緈
    • 旱 hàn
      • 悍 hàn , 焊 hàn , 捍 hàn , 垾 hàn , 睅 hàn , 筸 gān , 駻 hàn , 哻, 娨, 晘, 桿 gān , 猂, 皔, 稈 gǎn , 貋, 趕 gǎn , 銲 hàn
    • 幵 qiān
      • 姸 yán , 硏 yán , 豣 jiān , 筓, 詽, 郉, 銒
    • 幷 bìng
      • 甁 píng , 倂 bìng
    • 旰 gàn
      • 涆
    • 厈
      • 岸 àn
        • 堓, 婩, 硸, 錌
      • 乕 hǔ
        • 逓 dì
    • 叢 cóng
      • 欉, 灇, 爜
    • 幹 gàn
    • 軒 xuān
      • 搟
    • 赶 gǎn , 奸 jiān , 汗 hán , 杆 gān , 肝 gān , 罕 hǎn , 刊 kān , 竿 gān , 鼾 hān , 轩 xuān , 秆 gǎn , 扞, 酐 gān , 讦 jié , 圱 qiān , 姧 jiān , 攼 hàn , 犴 àn , 玕 gān , 矸 gān , 虷 gān , 衎 kàn , 豻 àn , 邗 hán , 釬, 闬 hàn , 靬 jiān , 顸 hān , 馯 hàn , 骭 gàn , 亁, 仠, 屽, 忓, 栞, 烎, 癷, 皯, 盰, 芉, 衦, 覝, 訐, 迀, 閈, 頇, 飦, 鳱, 麉
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