gān

Traditional: 乾

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干 (gān) is a Chinese word meaning “dry; dried food; empty; hollow”.

Meanings

  1. 1dry
  2. 2dried food
  3. 3empty; hollow
  4. 4taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. 5futile; in vain
  6. 6(dialect) rude; blunt
  7. 7(dialect) to cold-shoulder
Part of speech
adjective

Related words

干(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with干tree trunk干surname Gan干surname Gan干old variant of 乾|干[gan1]干variant of 乾|干[gan1]干吗variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]干什么what are you doing?干净clean干杯to drink a toast干掉to get rid of干活to work; to be employed

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