gān
dry
clean
in vain
dried food
foster
adoptive
to ignore
gàn
tree trunk
main part of sth
to manage
to work
to do
capable
cadre
to kill (slang)
to fuck (vulgar)
gān
to concern
to interfere
shield
stem
ruò gān
a certain number or amount
how many?
how much?
gān yù
to meddle
to intervene
intervention
shí gàn
to work industriously
to get things done
gǔ gàn
diaphysis (long segment of a bone)
fig. backbone
jīng gàn
crack (troops)
special (forces)
highly capable
gàn shi
administrator
executive secretary
gān shè
to interfere
to meddle
interference
gàn bù
cadre
official
officer
manager
bāo gān
an allocated task
a contractual responsibility
work that one is responsible for completing
gān rǎo
to disturb
to interfere
perturbation
interference (physics)
xiāng gān
relevant
to have to do with
coherent (Physics: light etc)
gān sè
dry and rough (skin)
hoarse (voice)
dry and heavy (style)
gàn dào
arterial road
main road
main watercourse
gān cuì
straightforward
clear-cut
blunt (e.g. statement)
you might as well
simply
gān zào
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
desiccation
dull
uninteresting
arid
gān bēi
to drink a toast
Cheers! (proposing a toast)
Here's to you!
Bottoms up!
lit. dry cup
gān shuǎng
dry and clean
clear and fresh
gān zhī
the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
sexagenary cycle
gàn shén me
what are you doing?
what's he up to?
fēng gān
to air-dry
to season (timber etc)
air-dried
air-drying
tiān gān
the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
gān liáng
rations (to take on expedition)
gān xǐ
to dry clean
dry cleaning
gān guǒ
dried fruit
dry fruits (nuts etc)
bǐng gān
biscuit
cracker
cookie
CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
Jiāng gān
Jianggan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
zào xuè gàn xì bāo
blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)
gàn má
what are you doing?
whatever for?
why on earth?
Xīn gàn xiàn
Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
bù xiāng gān
to be irrelevant
to have nothing to do with
bù gàn
unwilling to do sth
incapable of sth
to quit
Jiāng gān qū
Jianggan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
gàn huó
to work
to be employed
manual labor
diàn cí gān rǎo
electromagnetic interference
kǔ gān
to work hard
to make a laborious effort
to toil
to labor away
to beaver away despite difficulties
mái tóu kǔ gàn
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
to make an all-out effort
up to the neck in work
gàn qún
cadres and masses
party officials and ordinary people
gāo gàn
high cadre
top party member
zhuǎn gàn
to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
gān biě
dried out
wizened
shriveled
bù gān shè
noninterference
nonintervention
yī gān èr jìng
thoroughly (idiom)
completely
one and all
very clean
kǒu gān shé zào
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo
mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)
dān gàn
to work on one's own
to work single-handed
individual farming
gān tòu
to dry out
to dry completely
zhǔ gàn xiàn
trunk line (of road, network etc)
backbone (cable)
Xīn gān
Xingan county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
gān yǎn zhèng
dry eye
xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)
duì zhe gàn
to adopt confrontational posture
to meet head-on
to compete
gàn xiào
school for cadres
May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校
Yú gān
Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
gān bīng
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2)
CL:塊|块[kuai4]
mán gàn
to act rashly
to act precipitously regardless of the consequences
reckless
foolhardy
daredevil
Tǎ kè lā mǎ gàn
Taklaman desert in Xinjiang
gān yù
variant of 干預|干预[gan1 yu4]
gōng gàn
public business
official work
Gān yì
Cognac
brandy 白蘭地|白兰地[bai2 lan2 di4] from the Cognac region of southwest France
Bǐ Gān
Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
shè gān
blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis)
leopard lily
tí gàn
to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre)
bèi gān
to dry over a fire
to roast
lán gān
(literary) crisscross
uneven
disorderly
rim of the eye
variant of 欄杆|栏杆[lan2 gan1]
Tǎ kè lā mǎ gān shā mò
Taklamakan (desert in Central Asia)
gān shòu
wizened
skinny and shriveled
shí gān
same as 天干
the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
shí gàn jiā
sb who gets things done
doer
Tǎ shí gān
Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
Yú gān xiàn
Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
jīng míng qiáng gàn
intelligent and capable (idiom)
Xīn gān xiàn
Xingan county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
Sōng zàn Gàn bù
Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo (604-650) Tibetan emperor, founder of the Tubo 吐蕃 dynasty
wú gān
to have nothing to do with
yìng gàn
by brute strength
rashly and forcefully
bull-headed
to work tenaciously with no fear of hardship
gān liú
to carbonize
dry distillation
carbonization
qiǎo gàn
to work resourcefully
to apply intelligence
rǔ xiù wèi gān
smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
still wet behind the ears
gān jìng lì luò
clean and efficient
neat and tidy
wǔ qī gàn xiào
May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution)
abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[wu3 qi1 gan4 bu4 xue2 xiao4]
bù gān bù jìng
unclean
filthy
foul-mouthed
cí gàn
word stem (in linguistics)
diào gàn
to reassign a cadre
to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre
shè pín gān rǎo
radio interference
RF interference
shí tiān gān
the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
bāo gān zhì
a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
Tǎ shí kù ěr gān Tǎ jí kè zì zhì xiàn
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
Fèi ěr gàn nà
the Ferghana valley (in Uzbekistan, central Asia)
gān háo
to cry out loud without tears
gān náo
variant of 干擾|干扰[gan1 rao3], to interfere
tài yáng zhào zài sāng gān hé shàng
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
bù gān wéi ěr
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
tuò miàn zì gān
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
to drain the cup of humiliation
shěn gàn
to examine the cadres
same as 審查幹部|审查干部
dà xī dòu gān
Tahsi or Dasi dried dofu, Taiwanese Taoyuan speciality
Nú ér gān
part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty
gàn liáng dài
knapsack (for provisions)
haversack
Nú ér gān dū sī
the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area
Fèi ěr gàn nà pén dì
the Ferghana valley in modern Uzbekistan
Bù gān wéi ěr dǎo
Bougainville island, Papua New Guinea
gān biān tǔ dòu sī
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
gān háo
to cry out loud without tears
liè huǒ gān chái
lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
fig. consuming passion between lovers
gān biǎn dòu jiǎo
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
bái gān r
alcoholic spirit
strong white rice wine
bái gān r
alcoholic spirit
strong white rice wine
zhǔ gàn wǎng lù
core network
backbone network
yǎn gān zhèng
xeropthalmia (medicine)
dry eye syndrome
Sǎ mǎ ěr gàn
Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan
also written 撒馬爾罕|撒马尔罕
bāo gān r
erhua variant of 包乾|包干[bao1 gan1]
Tǎ shí kù ěr gān xiāng
Taxkorgan township in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
lèng gàn
to do things recklessly
to persist in doing sth in one's own way
Ā lā gān shān mài
Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma)
wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào
May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution)
abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校
Tǎ shí kù ěr gān zì zhì xiàn
Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Sōng zàn Gàn bù líng
the tomb of Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo in Lhoka prefecture
shì suān rǔ gān jūn
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Fèi ěr gàn nà pán dì
the Ferghana valley (in Uzbekistan, central Asia)
Sòng gān jié
Songkran (Thai New Year festival)
jiā xīn bǐng gān
sandwich cookie
(jocularly) sb who is caught between two opposing parties
sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
Tài yáng Zhào Zài Sāng gān Hé Shàng
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
dà xī dòu gān
Tahsi or Dasi dried dofu, Taiwanese Taoyuan speciality
dà gàn
to go all out
to work energetically
dà dòng gān gē
to go to war (idiom)
to make a big fuss over sth
wài qiáng zhōng gān
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
Tǎ kè lā mǎ gān Shā mò
Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
Bù gān wéi ěr Dǎo
Bougainville island, Papua New Guinea
Gān Bǎo
Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記|搜神记[Sou1 shen2 Ji4]
gàn jià
(dialect) to come to blows
to have a row
Fèi ěr gàn nà Pén dì
the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan
guì gàn
(polite) your business
what brings you?
háo qì gān yún
lit. heroism reaching to the clouds (idiom)
diào gàn shēng
worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling
xǐ shǒu bù gàn
to totally stop doing something
to reform one's ways
yǒu hé guì gàn
What (noble errand) brings you here?
May I help you?
What can I do for you?
shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìng
thieving
light-fingered
prone to stealing
chī gān fàn
(coll.) to be incompetent
useless
good-for-nothing
gān biān
to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)
gān jìng lì luo
squeaky clean
neat and tidy
efficient
Gān hàn tǔ
Aridosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
gān nǚ ér
(nominally) adopted daughter
goddaughter
gān ér zi
(nominally) adopted son
godson
gān biān sì jì dòu
fried beans, Sichuan style
gān xiào
to give a hollow laugh
to force a smile
forced laugh
CL:聲|声[sheng1]
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
fig. to turn hostility into friendship
bāo gān zhì
a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
bāo gān
to have the full responsibility of a job
allocated task
gān huò
dry goods
dried fruit, nuts etc
gān liè
(of dry soil, skin etc) to crack
to chap
gān cuì lì luo
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient
without fooling around
gān cuì lì suo
see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gan1 cui4 li4 luo5]
gān děng
to wait in vain
to sit around waiting
bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)
a couple of germs won't do you any harm