gān qián

dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)

DEFINITIONS

乾 gān
  • old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
  • surname Gan
  • dry
  • clean
  • in vain
  • dried food
  • foster
  • adoptive
  • to ignore
  • variant of 乾|干[gan1]
  • to concern
  • to interfere
  • shield
  • stem
乾 qián
  • old variant of 乾[qian2]
  • surname Qian
  • one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven
  • male principle
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
  • variant of 乾[qian2]

STROKES

乾 stroke order diagram
乾 stroke order animation

WORDS

扭转坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events; to turn things around
坤 qián kūn yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
二淨 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean
不淨 bù gān bù jìng unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed
不淨,吃了沒病 bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb); a couple of germs won't do you any harm
乳臭未 rǔ xiù wèi gān smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
俸 gān fèng sinecure
兒 gān ér adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
兒 gān r dried food
兒子 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2); CL:塊|块[kuai4]
嘉三大家 qián jiā sān dà jiā Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼
嘔 gān ǒu to retch
噦 gān yuě to retch
嚎 gān háo to cry out loud without tears
女兒 gān nǚ ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
娘 gān niáng adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
安 qián ān Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
安县 qián ān xiàn Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
安縣 qián ān xiàn Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
屍 gān shī mummy; dried corpse
巴巴 gān bā bā dry; parched; dull; insipid
打壘 gān dǎ lěi rammed earth; adobe house
打雷,不下雨 gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ all thunder but no rain (idiom); a lot of noise but no action
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