surname Gan
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乾 is an 11 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as gān in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as qián.
In simplified Chinese the character 干 may be used.
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EARLY tomorrow, at TEN, Laura will BEG people across town to take a [gan]der at their shelves to see if they have clean, <DRY> food to donate.
by vms5q
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 乾
Definitions for 乾 pronounced as gān
- surname Gan
- dry
- clean
- in vain
- dried food
- foster
- adoptive
- to ignore
Definitions for 乾 pronounced as qián
- surname Qian
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven
- male principle
- ☰
- ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
- old variant of 乾[qian2]
- variant of 乾[qian2]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 乾 — see all
- clean
- neat
- straightforward
- clear-cut
- blunt (e.g. statement)
- you might as well
- simply
- biscuit
- cracker
- cookie
- CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
Collections
Collections which contain 乾 — see all
A Course in Contemporary Chinese Lesson 10 Part 2
by CharlieHorse ※ 29 characters
3a - Taiwan Benchmarks for the Chinese Language
by russell359 ※ 200 characters
Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 2
by Wo334 ※ 222 characters