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干
Trad. 干
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(Bushou)		 干
Radical 51
Composition
Strokes 3
Decomp. 一十
Prononciation
Mandarin gān; gàn
Entry Methods
Pinyin gan1; gan4
Kanji /
Cangjie
 MJ
一十
Sijiao 1040.0
Wubi FGGH
CNS 11643 1-445B
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+5E72
GB2312 B8C9
BIG5 A47A
HSK
Level 4
Results for 干
干 gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield
干 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
Results beginning with 干
干部 gàn bù cadre / official / officer / manager
干净 gān jìng clean / neat
干扰 gān rǎo to disturb / to interfere / perturbation / interference (physics)
干嘛 gàn má what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?
干吗 gàn má variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4ma2]
干预 gān yù to meddle / to intervene / intervention
干涉 gān shè to interfere / to meddle / interference
干掉 gàn diào to get rid of
干活 gàn huó to work / to be employed
干旱 gān hàn drought / arid / dry
干啥 gàn shá do what?
干事 gàn shi administrator / executive secretary
干警 gàn jǐng police / police cadres
干线 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line
干涸 gān hé to dry up
干枯 gān kū withered / shriveled / dried-up
干粮 gān liáng rations (to take on expedition)
干练 gàn liàn capable and experienced
干么 gàn má variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4ma2]
干洗 gān xǐ to dry clean / dry cleaning
干脆 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
干杯 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
干劲 gàn jìn enthusiasm for doing sth
干笑 gān xiào to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL:聲|声[sheng1]
干涩 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
干系 gān xì responsibility
干道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse
干将 gàn jiàng capable person
干咳 gān ké to cough without phlegm / a dry cough
干燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure
干瘪 gān biě dried out / wizened / shriveled
干群 gàn qún cadres and masses / party officials and ordinary people
干裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap
干粉 gān fěn dry powder
干尸 gān shī desiccated corpse / mummified body
干戈 gān gē weapons of war / arms
干草 gān cǎo hay
干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle
干果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc)
干妈 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干流 gàn liú main stream (of a river)
干瘦 gān shòu wizened / skinny and shriveled
干渴 gān kě parched / dry mouth
干校 gàn xiào school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4]
干贝 gān bèi conpoy / dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
干货 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3fen4])
干呕 gān ǒu to retch
干饭 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
干酪 gān lào cheese
干渠 gàn qú trunk canal
干菜 gān cài dried vegetable
干冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
干休 gān xiū to let matters rest
干才 gàn cái ability / capable
干井  dry well
干豆  legumes / pulses
干礁  drying reef
干案 gàn àn (Singapore, Malaysia) to commit an offence
干宝 Gān Bǎo Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記|搜神记[Sou1 shen2 Ji4]
干煸 gān biān to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)
干材 gàn cái capability / capable person
干潮 gān cháo low tide / low water
干等 gān děng to wait in vain / to sit around waiting
干爹 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干儿 gān ér adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干饭 gàn fàn (coll.) to have a meal
干俸 gān fèng income provided by a sinecure
干锅 gān guō dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
干嚎 gān háo to cry out loud without tears
干号 gān háo to cry out loud without tears
干话 gàn huà (Tw) (slang) remark that sounds like it makes sense but is actually nonsense
干架 gàn jià (dialect) to come to blows / to have a row
干姜 gān jiāng dried ginger
干馏 gān liú to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
干麽 gàn má why on earth / whatever for
干面 gān miàn noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
干挠 gān náo variant of 干擾|干扰[gan1 rao3], to interfere
干娘 gān niáng adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干儿 gān r dried food
干爽 gān shuǎng dry and clean / clear and fresh
干透 gān tòu to dry out / to dry completely
干癣 gān xuǎn psoriasis
干叶 gān yè dried leaf
干衣 gān yī drysuit (diving)
干邑 Gān yì Cognac / brandy 白蘭地|白兰地[bai2 lan2 di4] from the Cognac region of southwest France
干与 gān yù variant of 干預|干预[gan1 yu4]
干哕 gān yuě to retch
干哕 gān yue to dry-heave / to retch
干仗 gàn zhàng to quarrel (dialect)
干证 gān zhèng witness (in a law suit)
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干什么 gàn shén me what are you doing? / what's he up to?
干细胞 gàn xì bāo stem cell
干燥机 gān zào jī a drier
干扰素 gān rǎo sù interferon
干燥箱  cabinet drier
干着急 gān zháo jí to worry helplessly
干燥剂 gān zào jì desiccant
干巴巴 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid
干瞪眼 gān dèng yǎn to watch helplessly
干活儿 gàn huó r erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]
干事长 gàn shi zhǎng secretary-general
干眼症 gān yǎn zhèng (medicine) xerophthalmia / dry eye syndrome
干酪素 gān lào sù casein
干涉仪 gān shè yí interferometer (physics)
干湿计  psychrometer
干湿表  psychrometer
干燥林  dry forest
干沉降  dry deposition
干质量  dry mass
干口粮  dry rations
干腌法  kench salting / dry salting
干眼病  xerophthalmia
干储存  dry storage
干打垒 gān dǎ lěi rammed earth / adobe house
干儿子 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干旱土 Gān hàn tǔ aridisol (soil taxonomy)
干粮袋 gàn liáng dài knapsack (for provisions) / haversack
干粮袋 gān liáng dài knapsack (for provisions) / haversack
干梅子 gān méi zi prunes
干你娘 gàn nǐ niáng (Tw) (vulgar) fuck you! (literally, "fuck your mother")
干女儿 gān nu:3 ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干手机 gān shǒu jī hand dryer
干物女 gān wù nu:3 single girl who lives a lackadaisical life, uninterested in relationships (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 干物女 / "himono onna")
干净利落 gān jìng lì luo squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
干脆利落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
干脆利索 gān cuì lì suo see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gan1 cui4 li4 luo5]
干扰物质  interfering substance
干扰机制  interference mechanism
干扰迹象  tamper indication
干出高度  drying heights
干旱时期  drought
干燥气候  dry weather condition
干燥工艺  dry process
干净钻石  ethical diamond / clean diamond
干式供餐  dry feeding
干性行为  dry sex
干洗溶剂  dry cleaning solvent
干净武器  clean weapon
干扁豆角 gān biǎn dòu jiǎo green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
干煸豆角 gān biān dòu jiǎo green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
干净俐落 gān jìng lì luò clean and efficient / neat and tidy
干坑式厕所  dry-pit latrine / dry pit
干草原社区  dry grassland community
干式培养箱  dry incubator
干燥至恒重  dried to constant weight
干租赁安排  dry-lease arrangement
干煸四季豆 gān biān sì jì dòu fried beans, Sichuan style
干煸土豆丝 gān biān tǔ dòu sī dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
干热消毒器 gān rè xiāo dú qì hot air sterilizer
干细胞研究 gàn xì bāo yán jiū stem cell research
Approximate Results for 干
若干 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much?
骨干 gǔ gàn diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
不干 bù gàn unwilling to do sth / incapable of sth / to quit
能干 néng gàn capable / competent
饼干 bǐng gān biscuit / cracker / cookie / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
树干 shù gàn tree trunk
烘干 hōng gān to dry over a stove
擦干 cā gān to wipe dry
主干 zhǔ gàn trunk / main / core
实干 shí gàn to work industriously / to get things done
才干 cái gàn ability / competence
精干 jīng gàn crack (troops) / special (forces) / highly capable
相干 xiāng gān relevant / to have to do with / (physics) (of light etc) coherent
晒干 shài gān to dry in the sun
大干 dà gàn to go all out / to work energetically
风干 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying
躯干 qū gàn trunk / torso
晾干 liàng gān to dry (sth) by airing
包干 bāo gān to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task
枝干 zhī gàn branch / limb (of a tree)
天干 tiān gān the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
高干 gāo gàn high cadre / top party member
何干 hé gān what business?
苦干 kǔ gàn to work hard
吹干 chuī gān to blow-dry
公干 gōng gàn public business / official work
单干 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming
冻干 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit)
蛮干 mán gàn to act rashly / to act precipitously regardless of the consequences / reckless / foolhardy / daredevil
比干 Bǐ Gān Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
脑干 nǎo gàn brain stem
枯干 kū gān dried up / shriveled / withered
阑干 lán gān (literary) crisscross / uneven / disorderly / rim of the eye / variant of 欄杆|栏杆[lan2 gan1]
无干 wú gān to have nothing to do with
阴干 yīn gān to dry in the shade
提干 tí gàn to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre)
硬干 yìng gàn to proceed tenaciously in spite of obstacles
射干 shè gān blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis) / leopard lily
巧干 qiǎo gàn to work resourcefully / to apply intelligence
猛干 měng gàn to tie in to
德干 Dé gān Deccan (India)
熏干  smoke drying
焙干 bèi gān to dry over a fire / to roast
词干 cí gàn word stem (in linguistics)
调干 diào gàn to reassign a cadre / to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre
豆干 dòu gān pressed tofu / dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish)
贵干 guì gàn (polite) your business / what brings you?
蒋干 jiǎng gàn Jiang
江干 Jiāng gān Jianggan District of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
茎干 jīng gān stem / stalk
茎干 jīng gàn stem / stalk
愣干 lèng gàn to do things recklessly / to persist in doing sth in one's own way
沥干 lì gān to drain
流干 liú gān to drain / to run dry
强干 qiáng gàn competent / capable
审干 shěn gàn to examine the cadres (i.e. 審查幹部|审查干部[shen3 cha2 gan4 bu4])
十干 shí gān same as 天干 / the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 / (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
甩干 shuǎi gān to remove excess moisture by spinning / to put (clothes) through the spin cycle / to spin-dry
虾干 xiā gān dried shrimps
香干 xiāng gān smoked bean curd
新干 Xīn gān Xingan county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
新干 Xīn gàn Xingan County in Ji'an 吉安[Ji2 an1], Jiangxi
余干 Yú gān Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
转干 zhuǎn gàn to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
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SA干扰  selective availability
不相干 bù xiāng gān to be irrelevant / to have nothing to do with
新干线 Xīn gàn xiàn Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
抗干扰  tamper resistance
烘干机 hōng gān jī clothes dryer
总干事 zǒng gàn shi secretary-general
豆腐干 dòu fu gān see 豆干[dou4gan1]
乌干达 Wū gān dá Uganda
葡萄干 pú tao gān raisin / dried grape
牛肉干 niú ròu gān dried beef / jerky / charqui
巴尔干 Bā ěr gān Balkan
主干线 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
有才干 yǒu cái gàn capable
热干面 rè gān miàn noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce &ndash / popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
不干预  non-intervention
塔什干 Tǎ shí gān Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
实干家 shí gàn jiā sb who gets things done / doer
库尔干 kù ěr gān Kurgan
包干制 bāo gān zhì a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
水干事  Water Officer
波干扰  wave interference
巴尔干 Bā ěr gàn Balkan
白干儿 bái gān r alcoholic spirit / strong white rice wine
包干儿 bāo gān r erhua variant of 包乾|包干[bao1 gan1]
波尔干 bō ěr gān the Balkans
不干涉 bù gān shè noninterference / nonintervention
吃干饭 chī gān fàn (coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
调干生 diào gàn shēng worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling
地瓜干 dì guā gān dried sweet potato slices
对着干 duì zhe gàn to adopt confrontational posture / to meet head-on / to compete
过干瘾 guò gān yǐn to satisfy a craving with substitutes
江干区 Jiāng gān qū Jianggan District of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
李承干 lǐ chéng gān Li
梅干菜 méi gān cài salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)
霉干菜 méi gān cài variant of 梅乾菜|梅干菜[mei2gan1cai4]
奴儿干 Nú ér gān part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty
十天干 shí tiān gān the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
宋干节 Sòng gān jié Songkran (Thai New Year festival)
涂尔干 Tú ěr gān Durkheim
涂尔干 Tú ěr gàn Durkheim (1858-1917), French sociologist
新干县 Xīn gān xiàn Xingan county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
新干县 Xīn gàn Xiàn Xingan County in Ji'an 吉安[Ji2 an1], Jiangxi
眼干症 yǎn gān zhèng (medicine) xerophthalmia / dry eye syndrome
鱼干女 yú gān nu:3 see 乾物女|干物女[gan1 wu4 nu:3]
余干县 Yú gān xiàn Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
支努干 zhī nǔ gān Chinook (helicopter)
自干五 zì gān wǔ (neologism) person who posts online in support of the Chinese government, but unlike a wumao 五毛[wu3 mao2], is not paid for doing so (abbr. for 自帶乾糧的五毛|自带干粮的五毛[zi4 dai4 gan1 liang2 de5 wu3 mao2])
领导干部 lǐng dǎo gàn bù leadership cadres
一干二净 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
埋头苦干 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
电磁干扰 diàn cí gān rǎo electromagnetic interference
大动干戈 dà dòng gān gē lit. to go to war (idiom) / fig. to make a big fuss over sth
乳臭未干 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears
松赞干布 Sōng zàn Gàn bù Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo (604-650) Tibetan emperor, founder of the Tubo 吐蕃[Tu3 bo1] dynasty
精明强干 jīng míng qiáng gàn intelligent and capable (idiom)
外强中干 wài qiáng zhōng gān strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
精明能干 jīng míng néng gàn able and efficient
烈火干柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers
唾面自干 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation
洗手不干 xǐ shǒu bù gàn to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways
研究干事  Research Officer
沟通干事  Communications Officer
通信干事  Communications Officer
督察干事  Compliance Officer
报告干事  Reporting Officer
航空干事  Aviation Officer
技术主干  technology backbone
地区干事  Area Officer
纵向干预  vertical intervention
燃料干事  Fuel Officer
一等干事  First Officer
教育干事  Education Officer
编审干事  Editorial Control Officer
半干旱带  semi-arid tropics / semi-arid zone
联络干事  liaison officer
预算干事  Budget Officer
采购干事  Procurement Officer
支助干事  Support Officer
法治干事  Rule of Law Officer
评价干事  Evaluation Officer
高等干事  Senior Officer
卫生干事  hygiene officer
执行干事  Executive Officer
副总干事  Deputy Director-General
司法干事  Judicial Officer
本国干事  National Officer
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