干 (幹)
gàn
Pinyin

Definition

干 (幹)
 - 
gàn
  1. tree trunk
  2. main part of sth
  3. to manage
  4. to work
  5. to do
  6. capable
  7. cadre
  8. to kill (slang)
  9. to fuck (vulgar)
干 (乾)
 - 
gān
  1. dry
  2. clean
  3. in vain
  4. dried food
  5. foster
  6. adoptive
  7. to ignore
干
 - 
gān
  1. to concern
  2. to interfere
  3. shield
  4. stem
干 (亁)
 - 
gān
  1. variant of 乾|干[gān]
干 (乾)
 - 
Gān
  1. surname Gan
干 (乹)
 - 
gān
  1. old variant of 乾|干[gān]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (40)

于
Yú
  1. 1 surname Yu
于
yú
  1. 1 to go
  2. 2 to take
  3. 3 sentence-final interrogative particle
  4. 4 variant: 于 yú
于
yú
  1. 1 in
  2. 2 at
  3. 3 to
  4. 4 from
  5. 5 by
  6. 6 than
  7. 7 out of
平
Píng
  1. 1 surname Ping
平
píng
  1. 1 flat
  2. 2 level
  3. 3 equal
  4. 4 to tie (make the same score)
  5. 5 to draw (score)
  6. 6 calm
  7. 7 peaceful

Related Words (20)

干
gān
  1. 1 old variant of 乾|干[gān]
干净
gān jìng
  1. 1 clean
  2. 2 neat
干脆
gān cuì
  1. 1 straightforward
  2. 2 clear-cut
  3. 3 blunt (e.g. statement)
  4. 4 you might as well
  5. 5 simply
干什么
gàn shén me
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 what's he up to?
干嘛
gàn má
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 whatever for?
  3. 3 why on earth?

Idioms (12)

一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
乳臭未干
rǔ xiù wèi gān
  1. 1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

Sample Sentences

你这人真干脆如果这次货卖得好，下次给你个大订单！
nǐ zhè rén zhēn gāncuì rúguǒ zhècì huò mài de hǎo ，xiàcì gěi nǐ ge dà dìngdān ！
You are really straightforward! If the product sells well, let’s make a bigger deal next time.
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好，够爽快，我也干了！
hǎo ，gòu shuǎngkuai ，wǒ yě gān le ！
Great, very straightforward, I will dry my glass as well.
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来来来，喝啊，干杯！
láiláilái ，hē a ，gānbēi ！
Come on, let’s drink! Bottoms up!
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我先干为敬。
wǒ xiān gān wèi jìng 。
I will bottoms up to show my respect for you.
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为我们的合作干杯。
wèi wǒmen de hézuò gānbēi 。
Cheers to our collaboration.
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大家干了！
dàjiā gàn le ！
Bottoms up, everyone!
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为老师们干杯！
wèi lǎoshī men gānbēi ！
Cheers to the teachers!
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为中文干杯！
wèi Zhōngwén gānbēi ！
Cheers to Chinese!
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李秀英这种人之后一定会露出马脚，你干嘛现在自毁前途呢？
Lǐxiùyīng zhèzhǒng rén zhīhòu yīdìng huì lùchūmǎjiǎo ，nǐ gànmá xiànzài zìhuǐqiántú ne ？
Xiuying Li will eventually show her true colors, why would you ruin your own career now?
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平常看他挺老实的，谁也没想到他会干出这样偷鸡摸狗的事。
píngcháng kàn tā tǐng lǎoshi de ，shéi yě méixiǎngdào tā huì gàn chū zhèyàng tōujīmōgǒu de shì 。
He seems to be an honest person so no one expected that he would do such a stealthy thing.
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