干

I

gān

offend, have to do with

be concerned with

be implicated in, dry

dried, empty; hollow

dry, taken into nominal kinship, dried food, in vain

to no purpose; for nothing

II

gàn

trunk; main part, See 干部 gànbù), do; work, work as; go in for, capable; able

trunk; main part, See 乾部 gànbù), do; work, work as; go in for, capable; able

III

qián

one of the Eight Trigrams, standing for heaven, male

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do; work; able; dry; empty; for nothing; main part; trunk; offend; strike

【医】 caudex; scapus; shaft; stem; truncus; trunk

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do; work; able; dry; empty; for nothing; doing

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hàn

n. village, stem

gān

n. shield

v. concern, work, do, manage

adj. dry, empty, hollow

n. dried food

v. offend, have to do with, be concerned with, be implicated in

gàn

adj. dry, able

n. stem, doing, dry

v. manage, dry, work, lay, put, do

n. stem, trunk of a tree

qián

adj. male, strong

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1)

Gan1

surname Gan

2)

gan1

dry, clean, in vain, dried food, foster, adoptive, to ignore

3)

gan1

to concern, to interfere, shield, stem

4)

gan4

to work, to do, to manage

5)

gan4

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

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1) 干(Ⅰ⑤、Ⅱ、Ⅲ⑤、Ⅳ乾)

gān

名

（古代指盾） shield

（天干） short for the ten Heavenly Stems

(书) （水边） the edge of waters:

江干 river bank

（姓氏） a surname:

干宝 Gan Bao

（加工制成的干食品） dried food:

饼干 biscuit;

葡萄干儿 raisin;

豆腐干儿 dried bean curd;

萝卜干儿 dried radish

形

（没有水分或水分很少） dry:

干毛巾 dry towel;

晒干 sun dry;

油漆未干。 Wet paint.

这木柴干得可以烧了吗? Is this wood dry enough to burn?

（不用水的） waterless:

干洗剂 dry cleaner;

干性油 dry oil

（空虚; 空无所有） empty; hollow:

外强中干 outwardly strong but inwardly weak;

输干了 cleaned out in gambling;

酒瓶干了。 The wine bottle is empty.

（指拜认的亲属关系） taken into nominal kinship:

干女儿 adopted daughter

(方) （形容说话太直太粗） rough; rude; boorish:

说话别那么干。 Don't have a rough tongue.

动

(书)（冒犯） offend:

干犯 offend

（牵连; 涉及） have to do with; be concerned with; be implicated in; interfere with:

与你何干? What has this to do with you?

这事与我无干。 It has nothing to do with me.; It's none of my business.

(书) （追求） request; seek:

干进 seek official preferment;

干禄 seek official position

(方) （当面使人难堪） scold:

我又干了他一顿。 I gave him a scolding.

(方) （慢待; 置之不理） coldshoulder; leave sb. out in the cold:

把咱们又干起来了 gave us again the coldshoulder; coldshoulder us again;

主人走了， 把他们干在这儿了。 The host went off, leaving them out in the cold.

副

（徒劳） with no result; futilely; in vain:

我干等了他半天。 I wasted a lot of time for him (and he didn't turn up).

（只具形式的） superficially:

干嚎 howling without tears;

干呕 vomit and throw up nothing

（仅仅） only; with nothing else:

干凭这点本事 has only this bit of skill;

干靠这点工资 depend only on the small salary

另见 gàn; “乾”另见 qián。

2) 干(幹、榦)

gàn

名

（事物的主体或重要部分） trunk; main part:

枝干 branches and trunk;

躯干 trunk; torso

（干部的简称） short for cadre:

干群关系 relations between cadres and the masses;

高干 senior cadre

（姓氏） a surname:

干道冲 Gan Daochong

动

（做事） do; work; attend to:

实干 do solid work;

埋头苦干 quietly immerse oneself in hard work;

叫我干什么都行。 I'll do any job I may be assigned to.

你干得挺不错。 You've done quite well.

（担任; 从事） hold the post of; be engaged in:

他干过队长。 He used to be a team leader.

（斗争; 奋斗） fight; strike; struggle:

干到底 fight to the bitter end

形

（有能力的） able; capable:

干将 a capable person;

真能干 really capable

(方) （事情变坏; 糟） worse; bad

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-A

乹|干 [gān] ► old variant of ↑乾|↑干 [gān]

-B

Ⅰ. 乾|干 [Gān] ► surname Gan

Ⅱ. 乾|干 [gān] ► dry ► clean ► in vain ► dried food ► foster ► adoptive ► to ignore

-C

亁|干 [gān] ► variant of ↑乾|↑干 [gān]

-D

干|干 [gān] ► to concern ► to interfere ► shield ► stem

-E

幹|干 [gàn] ► tree trunk ► main part of sth ► to manage ► to work ► to do ► capable ► cadre ► to kill (slang) ► to fuck (vulgar)