Definition & Meaning

1.do; work; engage (in one's work)

2.trunk; main part

3.capable; able

Words & phrases

Similar-form characters

Characters with gan

gàn

干

Initial:gVideo guide

Final(T3):ànVideo guide

Radical:

Structure:Single-component character

Strokes:

3

Traditional:

乾、幹

Level:

HSK4 NHSK 1 ZW3 Yu Wen 1More

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1
v.do; work; engage (in one's work)
- zhè huó r jǐn kuài gàn ba
  这活儿紧，快干吧。
  It's a snap job. Snap to it.
- nǐ gàn de tǐng bù cuò
  你干得挺不错。
  You've done quite well.
- tā shì gàn shén me de
  他是干什么的？
  What does he do?
2
n.trunk; main part
- zhī gàn
  枝干
  branches and trunk
- shù gàn
  树干
  tree trunk
- gǔ gàn
  骨干
  backbone
3
adj.capable; able
- jīng míng qiáng gàn
  精明强干
  intelligent and capable
- jīng gàn
  精干
  lean
- gàn jiāng
  干将
  capable person

Words and phrases with 干

干线
[word]main line
干道
[word]artery
干线道路
[word]arterial road
干将
[word]capable/able person;ganjiang
干活儿
[word]work
干掉
[word]get rid of
干事
[word]head
干流
[word]mainstream
干茎
[word]scapus
干劲冲天
[idiom]with soaring enthusiasm

Similar-form characters to 干

gàn
干
gōng
工
yú
于
shí
十
wáng
王
qiān
千

Chinese Characters with pinyin gàn

赣
another name for Jiangxi Province; a word used in a place name
淦
Ganshui River in Jiangxi Province; what the frack/son of a gun/shoot
绀
dark/deep purple

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