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gon1 kin4
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(jyutping) gon1, (pinyin) gan1 [1] [adj] dry; arid | [antonym] 濕 [2] [n] dried food/vegetable/fruit [3] [adj] dried up; drained off; exhausted [4] [adj] adopted; adoptive; not related by blood [5] [v] empty; dry; drink all [6] [adv] vainly; helplessly; doing nothing (jyutping) kin4, (pinyin) qian2 one of the Eight Diagrams (八卦) | [antonym] 坤 (1) 干 is also a traditional character as well as the simplified form for 乾, 幹 and 榦.
Default PoS: Additional PoS: (2) 干 is the simplified form of 乾 when the latter is pronounced gon1. When 乾 is pronounced kin4, there is no simplified form. Stroke count: 11
Level: 1
Radical: 乙 (#5)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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乾 / 干 | ||
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乾煸四季豆 gon1 bin1 sei3 gwai3 dau6*2 = dry (no water) stir fried string beans, Szechuan style 乾爹 gon1 de1 = godfather; an adoptive father; a sugar daddy; [粵] 契爺 乾杯 gon1 bui1 = Cheers!, to drink up 餅乾 beng2 gon1 = biscuit 乾草 gon1 cou2 = hay 乾淨 gon1 zeng6 = clean, neat; completely, totally 筍乾 seon2 gon1 = dried bamboo shoots 乾脆 gon1 ceoi3 = simple, straight-forward; might as well 牛肉乾 ngau4 juk6 gon1 = beef jerky; parking ticket 乾撈 gon1 lou1 = dry (cooked) See all 85 compounds (CantoDict reports 88 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 5 examples containing 乾
我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰件衫去乾洗 粵
I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned. [Lit. I took-already last-week bought that (counter) shirt go dry-clean]
我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰啲衫去乾洗 粵
I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned. [Lit. I took-already last-week bought those shirts go dry-clean] |