gàn gān

oppose, offend; invade; dried

HSK 3 #353

DEFINITIONS

干 gàn
  • tree trunk
  • main part of sth
  • to manage
  • to work
  • to do
  • capable
  • cadre
  • to kill (slang)
  • to fuck (vulgar)
干 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

STROKES

WORDS

bāo gān to have the full responsibility of a job; allocated task
外强中 wài qiáng zhōng gān strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
巴尔 bā ěr gàn Balkan
线 xīn gàn xiàn Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
xiāng gān smoked bean curd
贝 gān bèi conpoy; dried scallop
扰素 gān rǎo sù interferon
流 gàn liú main stream (of a river)
精明能 jīng míng néng gàn able and efficient
zhǔ gàn trunk; main; core
线 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc); backbone (cable)
女儿 gān nǚ ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
燥剂 gān zào jì desiccant
粉 gān fěn dry powder
着急 gān zháo jí to worry helplessly
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
警 gàn jǐng police; police cadres
儿子 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
呕 gān ǒu to retch
娘 gān niáng adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
瘦 gān shòu wizened; skinny and shriveled
才 gàn cái ability; capable
不净 bù gān bù jìng unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed
不净,吃了没病 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
涉 bù gān shè noninterference; nonintervention