"干" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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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
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Unicode U+5E72
GB2312 B8C9
BIG5 A47A
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Level 4
Results for 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
 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
 gàn bù cadre / official / officer / manager
 gān jìng clean / neat
 gān rǎo to disturb / to interfere / perturbation / interference (physics)
 gàn má what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?
 gàn má see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]
 gān yù to meddle / to intervene / intervention
 gān shè to interfere / to meddle / interference
 gàn diào to get rid of
 gàn huó to work / to be employed
 gān hàn drought / arid / dry
 gàn shá do what?
 gàn shi administrator / executive secretary
 gàn jǐng police / police cadres
线 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line
 gān hé to dry up
 gān kū withered / dried up
 gān liáng rations (to take on expedition)
 gàn liàn capable and experienced
 gàn má see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]
 gān xǐ to dry clean / dry cleaning
 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
 gàn jìn enthusiasm for doing sth
 gān xiào to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL:聲|声[sheng1]
 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
 gān xì responsibility
 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse
 gàn jiàng capable person
 gān zào to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc) / desiccation / dull / uninteresting / arid
 gān biě dried out / wizened / shriveled
 gàn qún cadres and masses / party officials and ordinary people
 gān liè (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack / to chap
 gān fěn dry powder
 gān shī mummy / dried corpse
 gān gē weapons of war / arms
 gān cǎo hay
 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle
 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc)
 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
 gàn liú main stream (of a river)
 gān shòu wizened / skinny and shriveled
 gān kě parched / dry mouth
 gàn xiào school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4]
 gān bèi conpoy / dried scallop
 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 水分[shui3 fen1])
 gān ǒu to retch
 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
 gān lào cheese
 gàn qú trunk canal
 gān cài dried vegetable
 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
 gān xiū to let matters rest
 gàn cái ability / capable
  dry well
  legumes / pulses
  drying reef
 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]
 gān biān to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)
 gàn cái ability / capable
 gān cháo low tide / low water
 gān děng to wait in vain / to sit around waiting
 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
 gān ér adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
 gān fèng income provided by a sinecure
 gān háo to cry out loud without tears
 gān háo to cry out loud without tears
 gàn huà (Tw) (slang) remark that sounds like it makes sense but is actually nonsense
 gàn jià (dialect) to come to blows / to have a row
 gān jiāng dried ginger
 gān liú to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
 gàn má why on earth / whatever for
 gān náo variant of 干擾|干扰[gan1 rao3], to interfere
 gān niáng adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
 gān r dried food
 gān shuǎng dry and clean / clear and fresh
 gān tòu to dry out / to dry completely
 gān xuǎn psoriasis
 gān yè dried leaf
 gān yī drysuit (diving)
 Gān yì Cognac / brandy 白蘭地|白兰地[bai2 lan2 di4] from the Cognac region of southwest France
 gān yù variant of 干預|干预[gan1 yu4]
 gān yuě to retch
 gān yue to dry-heave / to retch
 gàn zhàng to quarrel (dialect)
 gān zhèng witness (in a law suit)
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 gàn shén me what are you doing? / what's he up to?
 gàn xì bāo stem cell
 gān zào jī a drier
 gān rǎo sù interferon
  cabinet drier
 gān zháo jí to worry helplessly
 gān zào jì desiccant
 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid
 gān dèng yǎn to watch helplessly
 gàn huó r erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]
 gàn shi zhǎng secretary-general
 gān yǎn zhèng dry eye / xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)
 gān lào sù casein
 gān shè yí interferometer (physics)
湿  psychrometer
湿  psychrometer
  dry forest
  dry deposition
  dry mass
  dry rations
  kench salting / dry salting
  xerophthalmia
  dry storage
 gān dǎ lěi rammed earth / adobe house
 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
 Gān hàn tǔ aridisol (soil taxonomy)
 gàn liáng dài knapsack (for provisions) / haversack
 gān liáng dài knapsack (for provisions) / haversack
 gān méi zi prunes
 gān nu:3 ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
 gān shǒu jī hand dryer
 gān wù nu:3 single girl who is not interested in relationships, living a lackadaisical life (loanword from Japanese "himono onna")
 gān jìng lì luo squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
 gān cuì lì suo see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gan1 cui4 li4 luo5]
  interfering substance
  interference mechanism
  tamper indication
  drying heights
  drought
  dry weather condition
  dry process
  ethical diamond / clean diamond
  dry feeding
  dry sex
  dry cleaning solvent
  clean weapon
 gān biǎn dòu jiǎo green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
 gān biān dòu jiǎo green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
 gān jìng lì luò clean and efficient / neat and tidy
  dry-pit latrine / dry pit
  dry grassland community
  dry incubator
  dried to constant weight
  dry-lease arrangement
 gān biān sì jì dòu fried beans, Sichuan style
 gān biān tǔ dòu sī dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
 gān rè xiāo dú qì hot air sterilizer
 gàn xì bāo yán jiū stem cell research
 gān zhōng zú qiú huì Kei
  clean hands doctrine
  interferometric bathymetry
  interferometric sidescan sonar
.过  dry ceramic filtration
  Institute of Arid Regions
Approximate Results for 干
 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much?
 gǔ gàn diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
 bù gàn unwilling to do sth / incapable of sth / to quit
 néng gàn capable / competent
 bǐng gān biscuit / cracker / cookie / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
 shù gàn tree trunk
 hōng gān to dry over a stove
 cā gān to wipe dry
 zhǔ gàn trunk / main / core
 shí gàn to work industriously / to get things done
 cái gàn ability / competence
 jīng gàn crack (troops) / special (forces) / highly capable
 xiāng gān relevant / to have to do with / (physics) (of light etc) coherent
 shài gān to dry in the sun
 dà gàn to go all out / to work energetically
 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying
 qū gàn trunk / torso
 liàng gān to dry (sth) by airing
 bāo gān to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task
 zhī gàn branch / limb (of a tree)
 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
 gāo gàn high cadre / top party member
 hé gān what business?
 kǔ gàn to work hard
 chuī gān to blow-dry
 gōng gàn public business / official work
 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming
 dòng gān freeze-dried
 mán gàn to act rashly / to act precipitously regardless of the consequences / reckless / foolhardy / daredevil
 Bǐ Gān Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
 nǎo gàn brain stem
 kū gān withered
 lán gān (literary) crisscross / uneven / disorderly / rim of the eye / variant of 欄杆|栏杆[lan2 gan1]
 wú gān to have nothing to do with
 yīn gān to dry in the shade
 tí gàn to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre)
 yìng gàn to proceed tenaciously in spite of obstacles
 shè gān blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis) / leopard lily
 qiǎo gàn to work resourcefully / to apply intelligence
 měng gàn to tie in to
 Dé gān Deccan (India)
  smoke drying
 bèi gān to dry over a fire / to roast
 cí gàn word stem (in linguistics)
 diào gàn to reassign a cadre / to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre
 guì gàn (polite) your business / what brings you?
 jiǎng gàn Jiang
 Jiāng gān Jianggan District of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
 jīng gān stem / stalk
 jīng gàn stem / stalk
 lèng gàn to do things recklessly / to persist in doing sth in one's own way
 lì gān to drain
 liú gān to drain / to run dry
 qiáng gàn competent / capable
 shěn gàn to examine the cadres (i.e. 審查幹部|审查干部[shen3 cha2 gan4 bu4])
 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)
 xiā gān dried shrimps
 xiāng gān smoked bean curd
 Xīn gān Xingan county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
 Xīn gàn Xingan County in Ji'an 吉安[Ji2 an1], Jiangxi
 Yú gān Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
 zhuǎn gàn to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
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SA干  selective availability
 bù xiāng gān to be irrelevant / to have nothing to do with
线 Xīn gàn xiàn Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
  tamper resistance
 hōng gān jī clothes dryer
 zǒng gàn shi secretary-general
 Wū gān dá Uganda
 pú tao gān raisin / dried grape
 niú ròu gān dried beef / jerky / charqui
 Bā ěr gān Balkan
线 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
 yǒu cái gàn capable
 rè gān miàn hot dry noodles
  non-intervention
 Tǎ shí gān Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
 shí gàn jiā sb who gets things done / doer
 kù ěr gān Kurgan
 bāo gān zhì a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
  Water Officer
  wave interference
 Bā ěr gàn Balkan
 bái gān r alcoholic spirit / strong white rice wine
 bāo gān r erhua variant of 包乾|包干[bao1 gan1]
 bō ěr gān the Balkans
 bù gān shè noninterference / nonintervention
 chī gān fàn (coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
 diào gàn shēng worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling
 duì zhe gàn to adopt confrontational posture / to meet head-on / to compete
 Jiāng gān qū Jianggan District of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
 lǐ chéng gān Li
 Nú ér gān part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty
 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)
 Sòng gān jié Songkran (Thai New Year festival)
 Tú ěr gān Durkheim
 Tú ěr gàn Durkheim (1858-1917), French sociologist
 Xīn gān xiàn Xingan county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
 Xīn gàn Xiàn Xingan County in Ji'an 吉安[Ji2 an1], Jiangxi
 yǎn gān zhèng xeropthalmia (medicine) / dry eye syndrome
 yú gān nu:3 see 乾物女|干物女[gan1 wu4 nu:3]
 Yú gān xiàn Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
 zhī nǔ gān Chinook (helicopter)
 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])
 lǐng dǎo gàn bù leadership cadres
 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
 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
 diàn cí gān rǎo electromagnetic interference
 dà dòng gān gē to go to war (idiom) / to make a big fuss over sth
 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears
 Sōng zàn Gàn bù Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo (604-650) Tibetan emperor, founder of the Tubo 吐蕃[Tu3 bo1] dynasty
 jīng míng qiáng gàn intelligent and capable (idiom)
 wài qiáng zhōng gān strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
 jīng míng néng gàn able and efficient
 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers
 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
 xǐ shǒu bù gàn to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways
  Research Officer
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  Communications Officer
  Compliance Officer
  Reporting Officer
  Aviation Officer
  technology backbone
  Area Officer
  vertical intervention
  Fuel Officer
  First Officer
  Education Officer
  Editorial Control Officer
  semi-arid tropics / semi-arid zone
  liaison officer
  Budget Officer
  Procurement Officer
  Support Officer
  Rule of Law Officer
  Evaluation Officer
  Senior Officer
  hygiene officer
  Executive Officer
  Deputy Director-General
  Judicial Officer
  National Officer
  assistant officer
  Agreements Officer
  project officer
  engineering officer
  freeze-dried vaccine
  Documentation Officer
  desk officer
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