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gān

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gān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gān | gan1
English translation
pole
CL: tiáo
> tiáo [tiáo], gēn [gēn]
stick
lever
classifier for long objects such as guns
cane, pole, stick

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About gān

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

gān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of gān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木干

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gān represents the sound. Simplified form of gān .

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Example sentences using gān

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Shí léng kǎn dǐng shǎng yǒu dào ǎi 砖墙, 上面 shàng miàn shì 一道 yī dào 铁栏杆.

Upon the top of the bank was a low brick wall, surmounted by an iron railing.

zhū dān 杆菌 gǎn jūn duì yán yān , suān jìn , yān xūn hěn yǒu 抵抗力 dǐ kàng lì .

The erysipelas organism is quite resistant to salting, pickling, and smoking.

huàn dǎng gān tuī dào 1 dǎng .

Push the gear lever into first.

他们 tā men yòng 栏杆 lán gān 草地 cǎo dì Xīn 铁道 tiě dào de qiàn 隔离 gélí kāi lái .

They have railed the meadows off from the new railway cutting.

俯身 fǔ shēn zài 阳台 yángtái 栏杆 lán gān shǎng duì 楼下 lóu xià de 人们 rén men hǎn zhāo .

She leaned over the balustrade and shouted to the man downstairs.

Words with gān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gān stick gān
杆菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)桿菌
栏杆 lán gān railing欄杆
杠杆 gànggǎn lever槓桿
铁杆 tiě gān iron rod鐵桿
电线杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole電線杆
杆子 gān zi pole桿子
旗杆 qí gān flagpole旗杆 qí gān
大肠杆菌 dà cháng gǎn jūn Escherichia coli (E. coli)大腸桿菌
标杆 biāo gān surveyor's pole標杆
推杆 tuī gān putter (golf)推桿
桅杆 wéi gān mast桅杆 wéi gān
操纵杆 cāo zòng gǎn joystick操縱桿
拉杆 lā gān tension bar拉杆 lā gān
撑杆跳 chēng gān tiào pole-vaulting撐桿跳
电杆 diàn gān electric pole電杆
螺杆 luó gǎn screw螺桿
枪杆子 qiāng gǎn zi gun barrel槍桿子
吊杆 diào gān a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects)吊杆 diào gān
笔杆子 bǐ gǎn zi pen筆桿子
摇杆 yáo gǎn joystick搖桿
枪杆 qiāng gǎn gun barrel槍桿

gān Decomposition & Compounds

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gān Decomposition

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