乾
gānqián HSK1

dry

干 乾 gān frequency
variants 乹,亁
dry adjectiveparticle
dry; lacking moisture; arid; dehydrated

他试图说话，但是他的嘴太干了。

tā shì​tú shuō huà, dàn​shì tā de zuǐ tài gān le.

He tried to speak, but his mouth was too dry.

dried food noun
processed food that has been dried or dehydrated; (bound form) jerky; chips; crackers
to dry particle
to become dry; to cause something to become dry; to exhaust or drink up a liquid
for nothing adverb
in vain; with no result; only; simply; helplessly
adoptive
non-biological kinship established through formal recognition; foster; adoptive
nominal
existing in name only; formal; perfunctory; hollow; surface appearance without substance
to ignore
(dialect) to cold-shoulder; to leave someone hanging; to ignore
干 乾 qián
variants 乹,亁
[the Qian trigram]
the first of the eight trigrams, representing heaven; masculine; male; sovereign
乾 qián
variants 乹,亁
[trigram]
One of the Eight Trigrams (☰) symbolizing heaven and the male principle; one of the Sixty-four Hexagrams (䷀); the compass point 315° (northwest)
male
(bound form) Relating to the male principle or representing the male side in traditional contexts.
Qian
(surname) Qian.

Cross-References

Antonym

See

Has erhua variant

Referenced by

Frequency
Character
Written text
353rd most common 623.1 per million
Movie subtitles
138th most common 1301.7 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1241.6 per million appears in 95% of films
Written text
155.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
干
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+4E7E

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)