干 (乾) gān
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gān
adjective
dry
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 1) -
gān
adjective
parched
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 枯竭 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 2) -
gān
noun
trunk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 幹 (CC-CEDICT '幹'; Guoyu '幹'; Unihan '幹') -
gān
adjective
like family
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 乾; for example, 干爹 'godfather' (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 4) -
gān
noun
Kangxi radical 51
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Traditional 干 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '干' gān n 7) -
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) -
gān
verb
to dry out
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 1) -
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) -
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) -
gān
adverb
with nothing remaining
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 1) -
qián
noun
qian; the first of the Eight trigrams
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Trigram 卦
Notes: Symbolic form ☰; listed in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” (NCCED '乾' n 1; Nylan 2001, p. 218; Unihan '乾') -
qián
noun
the male principle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 男性的. For example, in 易經·繫辭上 ”Book of Changes” - Xi Ci I: 乾道成男 'The attributes expressed by Qian constitute the male' (trans. Legge 1882; Guoyu '乾' adj; NCCED '乾' 2; Unihan '乾') -
qián
proper noun
Qian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (NCCED '乾' n 2) -
gān
adverb
in vain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 徒然 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 2) -
gān
adverb
superficially
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 表面的 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 3) -
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) -
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) -
qián
adjective
masculine; manly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' qián adj) -
gān
noun
a shield
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 盾 (Guoyu '干' gān n 1) -
gān
noun
gan [heavenly stem]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 干; same as 天干 (Guoyu '干' gān n 2) -
gān
noun
shore
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 岸边 (Guoyu '干' gān n 3) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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
- 公干(公幹) public business; official work
- 干政 interference in state affairs
- 干马天尼(乾馬天尼) dry martini
- 有何贵干(有何貴幹) What (noble errand) brings you here?; May I help you?; What can I do for you?
- 干尸(乾屍) mummy; dried corpse
- 十干 same as 天干
- 威化饼干(威化餅乾) wafer; wafer cookie
- 干果(乾果) dried fruit; dry fruits (nuts etc)
- 干净俐落(乾淨俐落) clean and efficient; neat and tidy
- 干邑 cognac
- 葡萄干儿(葡萄乾兒) raisin
- 干妈(乾媽) adoptive mother
- 干冰(乾冰) dry ice
- 干馏(乾餾) to carbonize; dry distillation; carbonization
- 焦干(焦乾) very dry
- 幸运饼干(幸運餅乾) fortune cookie
- 干枯(乾枯) withered; dried up
- 外强中干(外強中乾) strong in appearance but weak in reality
- 干扰(干擾) to interfere; to disturb ; to interfere with an electrical signal
- 干群(幹群) cadres and masses; party officials and ordinary people
- 干杯(乾杯) to drink a toast; cheers!
- 一干 one thousand ; a crowd
- 干脆利落(乾脆利落) (of speech or actions) direct and efficient; without fooling around
- 干叶(乾葉) dried leaf
- 煎干(煎乾) to boil dry
- 精明能干(精明能幹) able and efficient
- 干材(幹材) ability; capable
- 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
- 强干弱枝(強幹弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
- 硬干(硬幹) by brute strength; rashly and forcefully; bull-headed
- 贵干(貴幹) (polite) your business; what brings you?
- 不干涉 noninterference; nonintervention
- 干巴巴(乾巴巴) dry; parched; dull; insipid
- 口干舌燥(口乾舌燥) lit. dry mouth and tongue; to talk too much
- 干煸土豆丝(乾煸土豆絲) dry-fried potato slices
- 电磁干扰(電磁干擾) electromagnetic interference
- 干爹(乾爹) adoptive father
- 眼干症(眼乾症) xeropthalmia ; dry eye syndrome
- 大溪豆干(大溪豆乾) Tahsi or Dasi dried dofu, Taiwanese Taoyuan speciality
- 苦干(苦幹) to work hard
- 干戚 shield and battle ax
- 毫不相干 not even the slightest connection
- 干壁(乾壁) drywall
- 相干 relevant; to have to do with; coherent (Physics: light etc)
- 支努干 Chinook (helicopter)
Also contained in
巴尔干半岛 、 词干 、 布干维尔 、 干象历 、 塔什干 、 奴儿干都司
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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: 53
- 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
- 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
- 干征 (乾徵) 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
- 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