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Meaning of

Pinyin gàn、 gān
Radical
Strokes
3
Definition
dry / to concern / shield, to work / to do / to manage, manage / stem
Usage
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干 [gān] 1. Offend; violate; clash: 干扰 (interfere), 干涉 (intervene), 干预 (infringe). 2. Pursue; seek: 干禄 (pursue a salary), 干仕 (seek an official position). 3. Relate to; involve: 干系 (relation), 互不相干 (not related). 4. Shield; an ancient weapon used for defense against swords and spears: 大动干戈 (take drastic measures). 5. The ten characters used to record the year, month, day, and time in ancient times: 天干 (Heavenly Stems). 6. Bank; riverside: 河之干兮 (by the riverside). 7. Count; number: 若干 (some). 8. Dry; lacking moisture: 干燥 (dry), 干柴 (dry firewood). 9. Dried food or other items: 饼干 (biscuits), 豆腐干 (dried tofu). 10. Exhausted; depleted; empty: 干尽 (completely exhausted), 干杯 (empty cup). 11. Adverb; in vain; futile: 干着急 (worrying in vain). 12. Refers to non-blood-related or non-marital relatives: 干亲 (adopted kin). 13. Condemnation or complaint that makes the other party uncomfortable: 我又干了他一顿 (I scolded him again). 14. [Dialect] To neglect; ignore: 把客人干在一旁 (neglect the guests). 15. 【干将】 (Ancient sword name). 16. Surname. 干 [gān] 1. Main part or important part of a matter: 树干 (trunk), 躯干 (body), 干线 (main route). 2. To do: 干事 (do work), 说干就干 (talk about doing and then do it). 3. Talented; capable of handling affairs: 干才 (capable person), 干员 (capable worker), 干练 (competent). 4. [Dialect] Bad or poor: 事情要干 (the matter is not good). 干 [gān] 1. Principal meaning: Shield, defensive tool. 2. The form of the character is pictographic, resembling a type of hunting tool or weapon, originally used for offense but later for defense. 干 [gān] 1. To defend or guard: 捍卫 (defend), 干害 (protect). 2. Offend; violate; clash: 触犯 (offend), 冲犯 (conflict). 3. To establish; set up: 立 (stand up), 建 (establish). 4. To seek or obtain: 求 (seek), 乞 (beg). 5. To intervene; interfere: 干预 (interfere). 6. To concern or involve: 干系 (relationship). 7. To neglect; to treat with indifference: 怠慢 (neglect). 干 [gān] 1. To dry or exhaust: 使干 (make dry). 2. To neglect; make uncomfortable: 怠慢 (neglect). 干 [gān] 1. Dried food made from processing: 干粮 (dried rations). 干 [gān] 1. In vain; futile: 徒然 (futile). 2. Falsely; superficially: 虚假地 (falsely). 3. Also see: gàn. 干 [gān] 1. Main part or trunk: 树干 (trunk). 2. A type of tree: 柘树 (three-bristle cudrania). 3. To do work or obtain: 干事 (be engaged in work). 4. Capable and experienced: 干练 (capable and experienced). 5. Disorderly; confused: 乱 (disorder). 6. Related to affairs or matters: 事情 (affairs).
gān ǒu
to retch
gān hāi
dry cough / hoose
chún gàn shé zào
Dry lips and tongue
gān háo
to cry out loud without tears
gān dǎ lěi
rammed earth / adobe house
mái tóu kǔ gàn
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work
Tǎ kè lā mǎ gān Shā mò
Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
gān mā
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
gān jiāng
dried ginger
gān shī
mummy / dried corpse
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
gàn bù láng
Dry walkway
gàn jìn
enthusiasm for doing sth
dà dòng gān gē
to go to war (idiom) / to make a big fuss over sth
cái gàn
ability / competence
kàng gān rǎo
anti-interference
gān rǎo sù
interferon
gān rǎo jī
jammer
zhēn zhuā shí gàn
real practice and solid work
gàn diào
to get rid of
liàng gān
to dry by the sun
gān jìng lì luo
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
yī gān èr jìng
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
bù gān bù jìng
unclean / filthy / foul-mouthed
gān hàn qū
arid region
cūn gàn bù
village cadres
gān bēi
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
zhī gàn
branch and trunk / limb
gān kū
withered / dried up
gān chái
dried firewood
gàn lán
pile dwelling
sāng gàn hé
Sanggan he
yē gàn
copra
háo bù xiāng gān
not the least concerned / have nothing (at all) to do with ... / completely irrelevant / totally unrelated
gān hé
to dry up
gān diàn chí
dry cell / dry battery / dry accumulator
gān shè xiàn xiàng
interference phenomenon
gān sè
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
gàn qú
trunk canal
wèi gàn hé
Weigan River
gān kě
parched / dry mouth
湿 gàn shī
Dry and wet
hōng gān
to dry over a stove
ruò gān fèn
Several copies
bèi gān
to dry over a fire / to roast
kǒu gān shé zào
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
gàn bà
nominal father
gān diē
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
gān shuǎng
dry and clean / clear and fresh
tǎ kè lā mǎ gàn
Takla Makan Desert
gān biě
dried out / wizened / shriveled
gān shòu
wizened / skinny and shriveled
máng gàn
Blindly
gān dèng yǎn
to watch helplessly
Tǎ shí gān
Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
ruò gān
a certain number or amount / how many? / how much?
gān jìng
clean / neat
gān shè
to interfere / to meddle / interference
gān rǎo
to disturb / to interfere / perturbation / interference (physics)
gān zào
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc) / desiccation / dull / uninteresting / arid
gān cuì
straightforward / clear-cut / blunt (e.g. statement) / you might as well / simply
gǔ gàn
diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
gān hàn
drought / arid / dry
线 gàn xiàn
main line / trunk line
gān yù
to meddle / to intervene / intervention
shù gàn
tree trunk
gàn huó
to work / to be employed
ruò gān gè
several / divers
gān gān jìng jìng
spick-and-span / clean and fresh / neat and tidy / clean as a pin
gàn liú
main stream (of a river)
gàn má
see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]
gān xì
responsibility
gàn shi
administrator / executive secretary
sǔn gān
dried bamboo shoots
gān liáng
rations (to take on expedition)
gàn liàn
capable and experienced
kěn gàn
willing to do (sth.) / ready to work
gàn xì bāo
stem cell
gān cuì lì suo
see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gan1 cui4 li4 luo5]
gān cuì lì luo
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
gàn gàn cuì cuì
flat and plain / without more or further ado / once for all / crisply / straight out
dòu fǔ gān
dried bean curd
gàn shén me
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
gàn bù
cadre / official / officer / manager
rǔ xiù wèi gān
smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears
ruò gān nián
Several years
jīng gān
stem / stalk
pú tao gān
raisin / dried grape
luó bo gàn
dried turnip
mán gàn
to act rashly / to act precipitously regardless of the consequences / reckless / foolhardy / daredevil
gān bèi
conpoy / dried scallop
gàn jǐng
police / police cadres
qū gàn
trunk / torso
qū gàn bù
trunk
gān lào
cheese
bǐng gān
biscuit / cracker / cookie / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
yā suō bǐng gān
ship biscuit / compressed biscuit / hard tack
gān liú
to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization

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