干 (乾) gān qián

1. gān adjective dry
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 1)
2. gān adjective parched
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 枯竭 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 2)
3. gān adjective loud and clear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; of sound (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 3)
4. gān adjective like family
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; for example, 干爹 'godfather' (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 4)
5. gān noun Kangxi radical 51
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
   Notes: Traditional 干 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '干' gān n 7)
6. gān noun dried food
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 or 干; for example, 牛肉干 'beef jerky' (Guoyu '乾' gān n 1)
7. gān verb to dry out
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 1)
8. gān verb to use up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 竭尽 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 2)
9. gān verb to slight / to look down on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 怠慢 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 3)
10. gān adverb with nothing remaining
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 1)
11. gān adverb in vain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 徒然 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 2)
12. gān adverb superficially
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 表面的 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 3)
13. qián proper noun Qian [symbol]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; name of a divination symbol 卦名 in the Yijing (Guoyu '乾' qián n 1)
14. qián proper noun Qian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 or 干 (Guoyu '乾' qián n 2)
15. qián adjective masculine / manly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' qián adj)
16. gān noun a shield
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 盾 (Guoyu '干' gān n 1)
17. gān noun gan [heavenly stem]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; same as 天干 (Guoyu '干' gān n 2)
18. gān noun shore
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 岸边 (Guoyu '干' gān n 3)
19. gān noun a hoard [of people]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 群 (Guoyu '干' gān n 5)
20. gān verb to commit an offense
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 干犯 (Guoyu '干' gān v 1)
21. gān verb to pursue / to seek
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 求取 (Guoyu '干' gān v 2)
22. gān verb to participate energetically
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; for example, 干政 'participate in politics' (Guoyu '干' gān v 3)
23. gān verb to be related to / to concern
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 有关系, as in 相干 (Guoyu '干' gān v 4)

Contained in

• 干预(干預) to meddle / to intervene
• 干部(幹部) cadre / leader ; name of Kangxi radical 51
• 若干 a certain number or amount of ; Ruogan
• 干潮(乾潮) low tide
• 干支 Stem-Branch cycle / Sexagenary Cycle
• 干涉 to interfere ; to involve / to implicate ; for a country to act independently, breaking with others ; wave interference
• 骨干(骨幹) backbone / diaphysis (long segment of a bone) ; a structural element / a strut
• 天干 the ten heavenly trunks / Heavenly Stems
• 饼干(餅乾) biscuit / cracker / cookie ; a cookie
• 幸运饼干(幸運餅乾) fortune cookie
• 干线(幹線) main line
• 干净(乾淨) clean / neat / tidy ; nothing left ; simple [instructions] / clear [statement] ; total ; to complete ; satisfactory handled
• 主干(主幹) tree trunk ; main body / core
• 干杯(乾杯) to drink a toast / cheers!
• 干脆(乾脆) straightforward / clear-cut / blunt
• 干燥(乾燥) arid / dry ; dull / uninteresting
• 干活儿(幹活兒) to work / to do manual labor
• 干吗(幹嗎) to what end? / whatever for? / do what?
• 能干(能幹) capable / competent
• 大干(大乾) an all out effort ; to go all out / to work energetically
• 干旱(乾旱) arid / dry
• 干扰(干擾) to interfere / to disturb ; interference / disturbance / obstruction
• 干劲(幹勁) enthusiasm
• 干戈 arms / weapons
• 包干儿(包干兒) to be responsible for a task until completion
• 包干(包干) to be responsible for a task until completion ; to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task
• 才干(才幹) ability / competence
• 树干(樹幹) a tree trunk
• 一干二净(一乾二淨) to clean completely
• 干粮(乾糧) rations
• 干连(乾連) to be involved
• 饼干(餅乾) biscuit / cracker / cookie ; a cookie
• 躯干(軀幹) trunk / torso
• 瓦干卡 Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar
• 干涸(乾涸) to dry up / to exhaust
• 干荼(乾荼) to dry tea
• 干卿何事 what has this go to do with you?
• 干卿底事 something related to you / what has this go to do with you?
• 干涩(乾澀) dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
• 干办(幹辦) supervisor
• 干流(幹流) main stream
• 干肉(亁肉) dried meat

Also contained in

松赞干布 、 干陀诃提 、 库尔干秋别 、 渭干河 、 干陀卫 、 元音词干 、 德干 、 长干寺 、 干宝

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• 卷一百二十五 載記第二十五 乞伏國仁 乞伏乾歸 乞伏熾磐 馮跋 Volume 125 Records 25: Qifu Guoren; Qifu Gangui; Qifu Chipan; Feng Ba Book of Jin 《晉書》 — count: 69
• 卷八十三 志第三十六 律曆十六 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Measures and Calendar 16 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 62
• 卷二一　列傳第十三　 高乾 封隆之 Volume 21 Biographies 13: Gao Gan (Northern Qi); Feng Longzhi Book of Northern Qi 《北齊書》 — count: 59
• 卷三十一　列傳第十九:　高允 高祐 盧曹 Volume 31 Biographies 19: Gao Yun, Gao Yu, Lu Cao History of the Northern Dynasties 《北史》 — count: 52
• 卷十七 志第七 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Jin 《晉書》 — count: 39
• 卷八十九 志第四十二 地理五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Geography 5 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 35
• 卷八十二 志第三十五 律曆十五 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Measures and Calendar 15 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 30
• 卷七十六 列傳第二十六: 太宗諸子 Volume 76 Biographies 26: Taizong's Sons Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》 — count: 30
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 27
• 第二十八回 Chapter 28 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 《三國演義》 — count: 26

Collocations

• 干侯 (乾侯) 公在乾侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 44
• 在干 (在乾) 公在乾侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 15
• 子干 (子乾) 右尹子干出奔晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 14
• 干戚 (乾戚) 執干戚戈羽 — The Book of Rites 《禮記》, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 10
• 次于干 (次於乾) 而次于乾谿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 干时 (乾時) 及齊師戰于乾時 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 干肉 (乾肉) 乾肉不齒決 — The Book of Rites 《禮記》, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 5
• 干谿 (乾谿) 而次于乾谿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 干征 (乾征) 楚人執陳行人干徵師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 干溪 (乾溪) 弒其君虔于乾溪 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4