干 (乾) gān

1. gān adjective dry
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain:
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 1)
2. gān adjective parched
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain:
   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 , Subdomain:
   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 , Subdomain:
   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 , Subdomain:
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 1)
6. gān verb to use up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain:
   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 , Subdomain:
   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 , Subdomain:
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 1)
9. gān adverb in vain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain:
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 徒然 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 2)
10. gān adverb superficially
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain:
    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 , Subdomain:
    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: , 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 , Subdomain:
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' qián adj)

Contained in

• 烈火干柴(烈火乾柴) intense fire to dry wood / inferno in a woodpile / consuming passion between lovers
• 射干 blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis) / leopard lily
• 若干 a certain number or amount of ; Ruogan
• 干流(幹流) main stream
• 干戈 arms / weapons
• 包干制(包乾制) a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
• 干着急(乾著急) to worry helplessly
• 枯干(枯乾) withered
• 主干网路(主幹網路) core network / backbone network
• 实干(實幹) to work industriously / to get things done
• 瓦干卡 Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar
• 阑干(闌干) criss-crossed fence ; disorderly ; like oblique starlight
• 化干戈为玉帛(化干戈為玉帛) to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk / to turn hostility into friendship
• 造血干细胞(造血幹細胞) blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)
• 枝干(枝幹) main trunk and branches
• 干笑(乾笑) to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh
• 干禄(干祿) to seek after fame and fortune
• 干劲(幹勁) enthusiasm
• 干饭(乾飯) cooked and dried rice
• 干校(幹校) school for cadres
• 何干 what business?
• 干么(幹麼) what are you doing? ; what are you doing?
• 干煸四季豆(乾煸四季豆) fried beans, Sichuan style
• 干洗(乾洗) to dry clean / dry cleaning
• 香干(香乾) smoked bean curd
• 口干舌燥(口乾舌燥) lit. dry mouth and tongue / to talk too much
• 干巴巴(乾巴巴) dry / parched / dull / insipid
• 间充质干细胞(間充質幹細胞) mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)
• 干娘(乾娘) mother [respectful] ; godmother
• 干瘦(乾瘦) wizened / skinny and shriveled
• 葡萄干(葡萄乾) raisin / dried grape
• 干裂(乾裂) (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack / to chap
• 干煸(乾煸) to dry fry
• 树干(樹幹) a tree trunk
• 干酪素(乾酪素) casein
• 才干(才幹) ability / competence
• 干杯(乾杯) to drink a toast / cheers!
• 干部(幹部) cadre / leader ; name of Kangxi radical 51

Also contained in

塔克拉马干 、 渭干河 、 骨干网路 、 干闼婆城 、 骨干网路 、 余干 、 尼干陀 、 布干维尔 、 干象历 、 慈氏菩萨所说大乘缘生稻卄干喻经 、 费尔干纳

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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
• 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
• 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
• 干旄 (乾旄) 干旄 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧干旄 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Gan Mao — count: 4
• 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