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干 (gān): dry; (dried food)

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HSK 4adjective, (noun)

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Pinyin
Meaning: dry; (dried food)
Characters: 1
Part of speech: adjective, (noun)
HSK level: HSK 4
Strokes: 3
Radical: 干
Structure: 独体结构

Full definitions

gān

dry
dried food
empty
hollow
taken in to nominal kinship
adoptive
foster
futile
in vain
blunt
(bound form) to have to do with
to concern oneself with
one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]
dry
dried
empty
hollow
shield (archaic)
(bound form) to have to do with
to concern oneself with
one of the ten heavenly stems
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
surname Gan
(dialect) rude
(dialect) to cold-shoulder
variant of 乾|干[gan1]
(archaic) shield

gàn

tree trunk
main part of sth
to manage
to work
to do
capable
cadre
to kill (slang)
to fuck (vulgar)
(coll.) pissed off
annoyed
to do
to work
to manage

Chinese explanation

指没有水分或水分很少，跟湿相对
也指干燥、干枯的状态
还可表示加工制成的干食品，如葡萄干。

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What are you doing today?

This piece of clothing is not dry yet.

He worked all day long.

Don't interfere in my affairs.

There are ten heavenly stems in total.

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