干

gān

HSK 13 readings

“Dry” in Chinese is 干 (gān).

Other characters with the syllable gan: see all 9 →

Meaning

dry
dried food
empty; hollow

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taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
futile; in vain
bound formto have to do with; to concern oneself with
one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]
tree trunk
main part of sth
to manage
to work
to do
capable
cadre
to kill (slang)
to fuck (vulgar)
(coll.) pissed off
annoyed
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
surname Gan
(dialect) rude; blunt
(dialect) to cold-shoulder
variant of 乾|干[gan1]
(archaic) shield

Example

杯子里的水干净吗？

Is the water in the glass clean?

From 干净 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

gàntree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
gānold variant of 乾|干 / surname Gan / dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder / variant of 乾|干 / (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Words containing 干

干净gānjìngcleanHSK 1 干什么gàn shénmewhat are you doing?HSK 1 干杯gānbēito drink a toastHSK 2 干活儿gànhuórerhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]HSK 2 干吗gànmávariant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]HSK 3 能干nénggàncapableHSK 4 饼干bǐnggānbiscuit; cracker; cookieHSK 5 干脆gāncuìcandidHSK 5

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