Gān ㄍㄢ gon1

  • surname Gan

gān ㄍㄢ gon1 HSK 1 基礎級 · Level 2

  • dry
  • dried food
  • empty; hollow
  • taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  • futile; in vain
  • (dialect) rude; blunt
  • (dialect) to cold-shoulder

Gān ㄍㄢ gon1

  • surname Gan

gān ㄍㄢ gon1

gàn ㄍㄢˋ gon3 高階級 · Level 4

  • tree trunk
  • main part of sth
  • to manage
  • to work
  • to do
  • capable
  • cadre
  • to kill (slang)
  • to fuck (vulgar)
  • (coll.) pissed off
  • annoyed

gān ㄍㄢ

gān ㄍㄢ

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 干 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

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Character breakdown

Example sentences

  • 干杯! Bottoms up!
  • 乾杯! Cheers!
  • 幹你娘。 Fuck your mom.
  • 幹活吧。 Let's get to work.
  • 干的好! Good job!
  • 干洗吧。 Dry clean it.
  • 我爱树干。 I love the trunk.
  • 干活慢点。 Work slowly.

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