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干

gān · gan/gàn · gan/Gān · gan

Traditional 乾 / 幹 / 乹 / 亁

HSK 1Old HSK 4

Meaning

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gān 干

  1. (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
  2. one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 (tian gān)
  3. (archaic) shield

gān 乾

  1. dry
  2. dried food
  3. empty; hollow
  4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. futile; in vain
  6. (dialect) rude; blunt
  7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder

gàn 幹

  1. tree trunk
  2. main part of sth
  3. to manage
  4. to work
  5. to do
  6. capable
  7. cadre
  8. to kill (slang)
  9. to fuck (vulgar)
  10. (coll.) pissed off
  11. annoyed

Gān 干

  1. surname Gan

Gān 乾

  1. surname Gan

gān 乹

  1. old variant of 乾 / 干 (gān)

gān 亁

  1. variant of 乾 / 干 (gān)
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In a conversation

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What are you doing?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)在(zài)干(gàn)什么(shénme)？

    What are you doing?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)干活(gànhuó)。

    I am working.

  3. Liangliang

    干活(gànhuó)？你(nǐ)只是(zhǐshì)在(zài)看(kàn)手机(shǒujī)。

    Working? You are just looking at your phone.

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)找(zhǎo)资料(zīliào)，这(zhè)也(yě)是(shì)干活(gànhuó)。

    I am looking for information, and that is work too.

  5. Liangliang

    找到(zhǎodào)什么(shénme)了(le)？

    What did you find?

  6. Dengdeng

    找到了(zhǎodàole)一个(yīgè)很(hěn)好笑(hǎoxiào)的(de)视频(shìpín)。

    I found a really funny video.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)件(jiàn)事(shì)与(yǔ)你(nǐ)无(wú)干(gān)，别(bié)担(dān)心(xīn)。

This has nothing to do with you; don't worry.

02

他(tā)把(bǎ)衣(yī)服(fu)晾(liàng)干(gān)了(le)。

He hung the clothes out to dry.

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