干 旱 gān hàn drought / arid / dry 干 燥 gān zào to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc) / desiccation / dull / uninteresting / arid 晒 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to 晾 干 liàng gān to dry (sth) by airing 索 然 suǒ rán dull / dry 干 巴 巴 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid 燥 zào dry / parched / impatient 涸 hé to dry / to dry up 蔋 dí dry / scorched 暵 hàn dry / hot 熇 kǎo dry 凅 gù dried up / dry / exhausted / tired 萎 缩 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) 陆 地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) 枯 燥 kū zào dry and dull / uninteresting / dry-as-dust 脱 水 tuō shuǐ to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation 烘 干 hōng gān to dry over a stove 擦 干 cā gān to wipe dry 晒 太 阳 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) 干 涸 gān hé to dry up 干 洗 gān xǐ to dry clean / dry cleaning 干 杯 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup 干 涩 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) 晒 干 shài gān to dry in the sun 搜 刮 sōu guā to rake in (money) / to plunder / to milk people dry 干 裂 gān liè (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack / to chap 海 枯 石 烂 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time 干 粉 gān fěn dry powder 断 流 duàn liú to run dry (of river) 干 果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc) 枯 草 kū cǎo withered grass / dry grass 碳 化 tàn huà to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization 干 渴 gān kě parched / dry mouth 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 / or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 热 干 面 rè gān miàn hot dry noodles 饲 养 场 sì yǎng chǎng farm / feed lot / dry lot 干 冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 阴 干 yīn gān to dry in the shade 禁 酒 jìn jiǔ prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law 干 眼 症 gān yǎn zhèng dry eye / xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A) 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] 炮 bāo to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating 白 鹤 梁 Bái hè liáng White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire 晾 liàng to dry in the air / (fig.) to cold-shoulder 焙 bèi to dry over a fire / to bake 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 隍 huáng dry moat / god of city 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 / (before Tang, ten pecks) 糇 hóu dry provisions 澌 sī drain dry / to exhaust 糗 qiǔ dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment 餱 hóu dry provisions 塥 gé dry clay lump 垲 kǎi dry terrain 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 烈 火 干 柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers 羹 藜 含 糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à / la guerre comme à / la guerre 羹 藜 唅 糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à / la guerre comme à / la guerre 饭 糗 茹 草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 干 爽 gān shuǎng dry and clean / clear and fresh 熯 hàn to dry with fire 帣 juàn a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure) 晞 xī dawn / to dry in the sun 灴 hóng to bake, to roast / to dry at a fire 堭 huáng a dry moat outside a city wall / a dry ditch 晅 xuān light of the sun / to dry in the sun 斞 yǔ stack of grain / dry measure equivalent to 16 斗[dou3] or 160 liters 干 透 gān tòu to dry out / to dry completely 干 馏 gān liú to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization 升 斗 shēng dǒu liter and decaliter dry measure / (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff 口 干 舌 燥 kǒu gān shé zào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom) / to talk too much 摊 晒 tān shài to lay sth out to dry 流 干 liú gān to drain / to run dry 焙 干 bèi gān to dry over a fire / to roast 焙 煎 bèi jiān to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc) / to torrefy 畑 tián used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc / dry field (i.e. not paddy field) 眼 干 症 yǎn gān zhèng xeropthalmia (medicine) / dry eye syndrome 稾 gǎo variant of 槁 / dry / rotten (wood) 干 井 dry well 国 际 干 旱 地 区 农 业 研 究 中 心 International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas 亚 洲 干 燥 林 区 域 倡 议 Dry Forest Asia Initiative 干 坑 式 厕 所 dry-pit latrine / dry pit 干 硅 盐 酸 .过 滤 dry ceramic filtration 干 草 原 社 区 dry grassland community 干 燥 林 dry forest 模 拟 投 弹 练 习 dry run 干 式 培 养 箱 dry incubator 阿 拉 伯 干 旱 地 区 和 干 地 研 究 中 心 Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands 干 沉 降 dry deposition 散 装 干 货 运 输 专 家 组 Group of Experts on the Transport of Dry Bulk Cargoes 国 际 干 货 船 东 协 会 International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners 陆 港 dry port / inland dry port 旱 地 和 半 湿 地 生 物 多 样 性 特 设 技 术 专 家 组 Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-humid Lands 干 化 学 生 化 分 析 仪 dry chemistry biochemical analyser 干 燥 气 候 dry weather condition 干 果 标 准 化 专 家 会 议 Meeting of Experts on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (Fruit) 干 燥 工 艺 dry process 干 质 量 dry mass