gān
dry
clean
in vain
dried food
foster
adoptive
to ignore
gàn
tree trunk
main part of sth
to manage
to work
to do
capable
cadre
to kill (slang)
to fuck (vulgar)
gān
to concern
to interfere
shield
stem
ruò gān
a certain number or amount
how many?
how much?
gān yù
to meddle
to intervene
intervention
shí gàn
to work industriously
to get things done
gǔ gàn
diaphysis (long segment of a bone)
fig. backbone
jīng gàn
crack (troops)
special (forces)
highly capable
gàn shi
administrator
executive secretary
gān shè
to interfere
to meddle
interference
gàn bù
cadre
official
officer
manager
bāo gān
an allocated task
a contractual responsibility
work that one is responsible for completing
gān rǎo
to disturb
to interfere
perturbation
interference (physics)
xiāng gān
relevant
to have to do with
coherent (Physics: light etc)
gān sè
dry and rough (skin)
hoarse (voice)
dry and heavy (style)
gàn dào
arterial road
main road
main watercourse
gān cuì
straightforward
clear-cut
blunt (e.g. statement)
you might as well
simply
gān zào
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
desiccation
dull
uninteresting
arid
gān bēi
to drink a toast
Cheers! (proposing a toast)
Here's to you!
Bottoms up!
lit. dry cup
gān shuǎng
dry and clean
clear and fresh
gān zhī
the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
sexagenary cycle
gàn shén me
what are you doing?
what's he up to?
fēng gān
to air-dry
to season (timber etc)
air-dried
air-drying
tiān gān
the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
gān liáng
rations (to take on expedition)
gān xǐ
to dry clean
dry cleaning
gān guǒ
dried fruit
dry fruits (nuts etc)
bǐng gān
biscuit
cracker
cookie
CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
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