乾 gānGānqiánQián HSK1 dry Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: in vain All meanings 28 gān 25 dry 18blunt 2in vain 2adoptive 1empty 1dry (wine) 1Gān 2 Gan 2qián 1 trigram 1 2 sentences for 乾 (gān — in vain) 你不能老是这么干坐着。 nǐ bù néng lǎoshi zhème gān zuò zhe. You can't keep sitting around like this. Source: OpenSubtitles别在这儿干等了,他不会来的。 bié zài zhèr gān děng le, tā bù huì lái de. Don't just wait here for nothing; he's not coming. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary