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gàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gàn | gan4
English translation
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

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About gàn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

gàn

Contains the radical

gān

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Sunlight  gān suggests "dry"; a club 人干 suggests "invade"

Etymology of gàn

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

gān 人干

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

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Words with gàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gān tree trunk 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

gàn Decomposition & Compounds

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