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

WORDS

癟 gān biě dried out; wizened; shriveled
癬 gān xuǎn psoriasis
眼症 gān yǎn zhèng dry eye; xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)
瞪眼 gān dèng yǎn to watch helplessly
笑 gān xiào to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh; CL:聲|声[sheng1]
等 gān děng to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
粉 gān fěn dry powder
糧 gān liáng rations (to take on expedition)
糧袋 gān liáng dài knapsack (for provisions); haversack
县 qián xiàn Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi
縣 qián xiàn Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi
脆 gān cuì straightforward; clear-cut; blunt (e.g. statement); you might as well; simply
脆利索 gān cuì lì suo see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gan1 cui4 li4 luo5]
脆利落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient; without fooling around
草 gān cǎo hay
菜 gān cài dried vegetable
葉 gān yè dried leaf
著急 gān zháo jí to worry helplessly
薑 gān jiāng dried ginger
號 gān háo to cry out loud without tears
衣 gān yī drysuit (diving)
裂 gān liè (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack; to chap
貝 gān bèi conpoy; dried scallop
貨 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone); (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no 水分[shui3 fen1])
透 gān tòu to dry out; to dry completely