gǎn

Traditional: 桿

HSK 6

杆 (gǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “stick; pole; lever”.

Meanings

  1. 1stick
  2. 2pole
  3. 3lever
  4. 4classifier for long objects such as guns
Part of speech
noun

Related words

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