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gān

HSK 3

Meaning

  • old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
  • surname Gan
  • dry
  • dried food
  • empty; hollow
  • taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  • futile; in vain
  • (dialect) rude; blunt
  • (dialect) to cold-shoulder
  • variant of 乾|干[gan1]
  • surname Gan
  • (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
  • one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1]
  • (archaic) shield
  • tree trunk
  • main part of sth
  • to manage
  • to work
  • to do
  • capable
  • cadre
  • to kill (slang)
  • to fuck (vulgar)
  • (coll.) pissed off
  • annoyed

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