干
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Definitions
- 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
Words Containing 干
thoroughly (idiom)
drought
to drink a toast
clean
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
candid
weapons of war
to disturb
to interfere
to meddle
administrator
what are you doing?
enthusiasm for doing sth
see 幹嘛|干嘛[gàn má]
cadre
ability
to dry over a stove
capable
a certain number or amount
to do what needs to be done, without delay
biscuit; cracker; cookie
diaphysis (long segment of a bone)
unclean
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)
noninterference
to be irrelevant
trunk
core network
core network
trunk line (of road, network etc)
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom)
income provided by a sinecure
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2)
to retch
to dry-heave
to cry out loud without tears
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
a mummy
dry
hand dryer
rammed earth
all thunder but no rain (idiom)
aridisol (soil taxonomy)
dried fruit
withered
prunes
to dry clean
to dry up
clean and efficient
squeaky clean
parched
low tide
dry and rough (skin)
to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)
fried beans, Sichuan style
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
desiccant
a drier
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dry and clean
single girl who is not interested in relationships, living a lackadaisical life (loanword from Japanese \himono onna\)
wizened
dried out
psoriasis
dry eye
to watch helplessly
to give a hollow laugh
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
dry powder
rations (to take on expedition)
knapsack (for provisions)
see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gān cuì lì luo]
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient
hay
dried vegetable
dried leaf
to worry helplessly
dried ginger
to cry out loud without tears
drysuit (diving)
(of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
conpoy
dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone)
to dry out
cheese
casein
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
to carbonize
what business?
public business
to be assiduous and work full hours
to have the full responsibility of a job
a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jiǎ], 乙[yǐ], 丙[bǐng], 丁[dīng], 戊[wù], 己[jǐ], 庚[gēng], 辛[xīn], 壬[rén], 癸[guǐ] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
same as 天干
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
(coll.) to be incompetent
to blow-dry
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
to work on one's own
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
Taxkorgan township in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
Taklamakan (desert)
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
constipated
lit. to go to war (idiom)
to go all out
Tahsi or Dasi dried dofu, Taiwanese Taoyuan speciality
the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jiǎ], 乙[yǐ], 丙[bǐng], 丁[dīng], 戊[wù], 己[jǐ], 庚[gēng], 辛[xīn], 壬[rén], 癸[guǐ], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
sandwich cookie
part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty
the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area
wafer
Songkran (Thai New Year festival)
to work industriously
sb who gets things done
to examine the cadres (i.e. 審查幹部|审查干部[shěn chá gàn bù])
blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis)
radio interference; RF interference
to adopt confrontational posture
to work resourcefully
Balkan
Balkan Peninsula
Parmesan cheese
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
to let matters rest
responsibility
Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記|搜神记[sōu shén jì]
interferon
the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
interferometer (physics)
witness (in a law suit)
Cognac
secretary-general
to quarrel (dialect)
what are you doing?
capable person
ability
to get rid of
capability
(dialect) to come to blows
school for cadres
to work
main stream (of a river)
trunk canal
stem cell
main line
capable and experienced
cadres and masses
police
arterial road
(coll.) to have a meal
see 幹嘛|干嘛[gàn má]
competent
Deccan (India)
to do things recklessly
thieving
to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre)
Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan
to wipe dry
Chinook (helicopter)
Xingan County in Ji'an 吉安[jí ān], Jiangxi
Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
Xingan County in Ji'an 吉安[jí ān], Jiangxi
to dry (sth) by airing
to dry in the sun
What (noble errand) brings you here?
capable
Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo (604-650) Tibetan emperor, founder of the Tubo 吐蕃[tǔ bō] dynasty
the tomb of Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo in Lhoka prefecture
branch
withered
tree trunk
Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
Jianggan District of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
Jianggan District of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
salad spinner
to totally stop doing something
to drain
Durkheim (1858-1917), French sociologist
to drain
lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
Uganda
clothes dryer
to dry over a fire
to have nothing to do with
hot dry noodles
dried beef