干 (乾) gān

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 like family
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; for example, 干爹 'godfather' (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 4)
4. 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)
5. gān verb to dry out
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 1)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. gān adverb with nothing remaining
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 1)
9. gān adverb in vain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 徒然 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 2)
10. gān adverb superficially
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 表面的 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 3)
11. 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)
12. qián proper noun Qian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 or 干 (Guoyu '乾' qián n 2)
13. qián adjective masculine / manly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' qián adj)

Contained in

• 干燥剂(乾燥劑) desiccant
• 高干(高幹) high cadre / top party member
• 干么(幹麼) what are you doing? ; what are you doing?
• 相干 relevant / to have to do with / coherent (Physics: light etc)
• 豪气干云(豪氣干雲) lit. heroism reaching to the clouds
• 手脚不干净(手腳不乾淨) thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
• 晾干(晾乾) to dry by the sun
• 干净(乾淨) clean / neat / tidy ; nothing left ; simple [instructions] / clear [statement] ; total ; to complete ; satisfactory handled
• 干杯(乾杯) to drink a toast / cheers!
• 干姜(乾薑) dried ginger
• 愣干 to do things recklessly / to persist in doing in one's own way
• 一干二净(一乾二淨) to clean completely
• 葡萄干儿(葡萄乾兒) raisin
• 干笑(乾笑) to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh
• 白干儿(白乾兒) alcoholic spirit / strong white rice wine
• 对着干(對著幹) to adopt confrontational posture / to meet head-on / to compete
• 干连(乾連) to be involved
• 干劲(幹勁) enthusiasm
• 干细胞(幹細胞) stem cell
• 眼干症(眼乾症) xeropthalmia / dry eye syndrome
• 干休 to let matters rest
• 阴干(陰乾) to dry in the shade
• 苏打饼干(蘇打餅乾) soda biscuit / cracker
• 干贝(乾貝) conpoy / dried scallop
• 擦干(擦乾) to wipe dry
• 干瘪(乾癟) dried out / wizened / shriveled
• 干预(干預) to meddle / to intervene
• 洗手不干(洗手不幹) to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways
• 干肉(亁肉) dried meat
• 干扰(干擾) to interfere / to disturb ; interference / disturbance / obstruction
• 干煸土豆丝(乾煸土豆絲) dry-fried potato slices
• 干爹(乾爹) adoptive father
• 干煸四季豆(乾煸四季豆) fried beans, Sichuan style
• 外强中干(外強中乾) strong in appearance but weak in reality
• 干群(幹群) cadres and masses / party officials and ordinary people
• 干警(幹警) police / police cadres
• 干物女(乾物女) single girl who is not interested in relationships, living a lackadaisical life
• 干掉(幹掉) to get rid of
• 桢干(楨幹) poles and planks of wood used for raising building walls ; a primary support ; to support / to protect
• 干燥(乾燥) arid / dry ; dull / uninteresting

Also contained in

塔什库尔干乡 、 布干维尔 、 尼干 、 干宝 、 词干 、 渭干河 、 太阳照在桑干河上 、 余干 、 干将莫邪 、 塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县 、 塔什库尔干自治县

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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
• 朱干 (朱乾) 朱干 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 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