gān zào

Traditional: 乾燥

HSK 7–9

干燥 (gān zào) is a Chinese word meaning “(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring”.

Meanings

  1. 1(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid
  2. 2(of skin, mouth etc) dry
  3. 3(fig.) dull; dry; boring
  4. 4(of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
Part of speech
adjective

Characters in 干燥

干gān · dry燥zào · dry; parched

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