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干旱 gānhàn

干旱 gānhàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 干旱 gānhàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gānhàn | gan1 han4
English translation
drought
arid
dry

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Traditional form

乾旱

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 干旱 gānhàn

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gān

Type

pictographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

一十

Number of Strokes

3
hàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gān represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

日干

Number of Strokes

7

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报道 bàodào shuì ,如果 rúguǒ 西班牙 Xī bān yá de 干旱 gānhàn 情况 qíngkuàng zài 今年 jīn nián Qiū 得不到 dé bù dào 缓解 huǎnjiě , 当地 dāngdì de 饮用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ jiāng bèi 限量供应.

If the drought continues through autumn, water may need to be rationed.

长期 cháng qī de 干旱 gānhàn 使 shǐ 所有 suǒyǒu de Jǐng dōu 干涸 gān hé le .

The long drought dried up all the wells.

那年由于 yóuyú 干旱 gānhàn , Bǎi tóu Yáng 突然 tūrán 死去 sǐ qù .

Hundreds of sheep perished that year because of drought.

这会帮助 bāngzhù 那些 nà xiē 家庭 jiātíng 度过 dùguò 干旱期不至于 bù zhì yú 遭受 zāoshòu 太多 de

This would help the families to survive the drought without undue suffering.

无树 de 荒芜 huāng wú 干旱 gānhàn 土地 tǔdì

treeless and desiccated soil

干旱 gānhàn Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 干旱 gānhàn and their own compounds.

干旱 gānhàn Compounds

See all 143 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 干旱 gānhàn in their composition.

  • gān
    • Píng
      • píng , píng , pēng , píng , pēng , píng , chèng , pēng , píng , píng , bēng , pēng , píng , píng , pēng , , , , píng , , , píng
    • xìng
          • ,
        • gāo , , , , , ,
      • bào
        • bāo
        • , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • zhí
      • xìng , xìng , , xìng , xìng , , , ,
    • hàn
      • hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , gān , hàn , , , , gān , , , gǎn , , gǎn , hàn
    • qiān
      • yán , yán , jiān , , , ,
    • bìng
      • píng , bìng
    • gàn
      • àn
        • , , ,
    • cóng
      • , ,
    • gàn
    • xuān
    • gǎn , jiān , hán , gān , gān , hǎn , kān , 竿 gān , hān , xuān , gǎn , , gān , jié , qiān , jiān , hàn , àn , gān , gān , gān , kàn , àn , hán , , hàn , jiān , hān , hàn , gàn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • hàn
    • hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , gān , hàn , , , , gān , , , gǎn , , gǎn , hàn
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