Character data

RADICAL ⼄ (5.10)

STROKES 11

SIMPLIFIED 干

乾 qián gān

surname Qian

乾 qián	1. surname Qian 2. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bā guà, symbolizing heaven 3. male principle 4. ☰ 5. ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
乾 gān	1. dry 2. clean 3. to concern 4. to interfere 5. stem 6. dried food 7. to ignore 8. in vain 9. foster 10. adoptive 11. shield 12. surname Gan 13. variant of 干gān 14. old variant of 干gān

Word	Meaning
扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn	to turn things around; fig. to change the course of events
乾坤 qián kūn	heaven and earth; the universe; yin and yang
一乾二淨 yī gān èr jìng	completely; thoroughly (idiom); very clean
不乾不淨 bù gān bù jìng	unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed
不乾不淨，吃了沒病 bù gān bù jìng ， chī le méi bìng	a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)
乳臭未乾 rǔ xiù wèi gān	naive; immature; inexperienced youth
乾俸 gān fèng	sinecure
乾兒 gān ér	adopted son; godson
乾兒 gān r	dried food
乾兒子 gān ér zi	godson; adopted son (not legal)
乾冰 gān bīng	dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2)
乾嘉三大家 qián jiā sān dà jiā	three major poets of Qianlong-Jiaqing era
乾嘔 gān ǒu	to retch
乾噦 gān yuě	to retch
乾嚎 gān háo	to cry out loud without tears
乾女兒 gān nǚ ér	goddaughter; informal adopted daughter
乾娘 gān niáng	adoptive mother; godmother
乾媽 gān mā	godmother; adoptive mother
乾安 qián ān	Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原sōng yuán, Jilin
乾安县 qián ān xiàn	Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原sōng yuán, Jilin
乾安縣 qián ān xiàn	Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原sōng yuán, Jilin
乾屍 gān shī	mummy; dried corpse
乾巴巴 gān bā bā	dry; dull; insipid
乾打壘 gān dǎ lěi	rammed earth; adobe house
乾打雷，不下雨 gān dǎ léi ， bù xià yǔ	a lot of noise but no action

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