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Meaning of 竿

Pinyin gān

Radical

竹

Strokes

Definition

pole

Usage

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竿 [gān] 名词 1. 竹子的主干。([En.] bamboo pole) 例：竹竿。立竿见影。揭竿而起。 2. 特指“钓鱼竿”。([En.] fishing rod) 例：垂竿。投竿。竿钓。 3. 古代指竹简。([En.] bamboo script) 例：竿牍（书信）。 4. 指竹篙。([En.] punt-pole) 例：竿枻（竹篙和船桨）。量词 1. 计算长状物的单位，一根竹子为一竿。例：一径野花香袭体，数竿幽竹绿依依。 2. 方言。用于抽旱烟。例：约摸咂完一竿叶子烟的时候…听见有人朝房外跑走的脚步声。动词 1. 以竿悬挂。([En.] hang with a pole) 例：竿首（用竿悬首）。 2. 通“干”。请托。([En.] request another’s help) 例：竿摩（干求，请托）。

揭竿而起 jiē gān ér qǐ

bear arms against / raise the standard / rise in revolt

撑竿跳高 chēng gān tiào gāo

pole vault / also written 撐桿跳高|撑杆跳高

爬竿 pá gān

pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act) / climbing pole

竹竿 zhú gān

bamboo / culm / bamboo pole

立竿见影 lì gān jiàn yǐng

lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect / quick results

滑竿 huá gān

Chinese-style sedan chair

竿子 gān zi

bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4]

日上三竿 rì shàng sān gān

late in the morning

钓竿 diào gān

fishing rod / CL:根[gen1]

百尺竿头 bǎi chǐ gān tóu

to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)

鱼竿 yú gān

fishing rod

八竿子打不着 bā gān zǐ dǎ bù zháo

very distant

标竿 biāo gān

benchmark / pole serving as mark or symbol / pole with a trophy hung on it