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gǎn

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gǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gǎn | gan3
English translation
to roll or knead dough

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About gǎn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

gǎn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of gǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌幹

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

gàn

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Example sentences using gǎn

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xiān 糖浆 táng jiāng dǎo zài 上面 shàng miàn ,然后 ránhòu yòng 擀面杖 gǎn miàn zhàng 把糖浆摊 kāi lái .

Pour syrup on it and spread it abroad with a rolling pin.

一张 gǎn hěn de 油酥面皮 miàn pí shǎng miàn shuā shǎng 一层 yī céng 熔化 róng huà de 牛油 niú yóu

Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter.

zài 擀面杖 gǎn miàn zhàng shǎng shǎng 薄薄的一层 yī céng 面粉 miàn fěn

Lightly flour a rolling pin.

zài děng 油酥糕饼 gāo bǐng Liáng de 时候 shíhou 可以 kěyǐ 这些 zhè xiē 面团 miàn tuán gǎn 薄些

These doughs can be rolled out while you wait for the pastry to chill.

油酥面团 miàn tuán 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr zài 分别 fēnbié gǎn 成皮

Divide the pastry in half and roll out each piece.

Words with gǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gǎn to roll (dough etc) gǎn
擀面杖 gǎn miàn zhàng rolling pin擀麵杖

gǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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