幹
gàn HSK1

trunk

干 (幹) gàn
do verb
to work, manage, or perform an action

你到底想干什么？

nǐ dào​dǐ xiǎng gàn shén​me?

What on earth do you want to do?

annoyed verb
(colloquial) to feel pissed off or irritated

遇到这种倒霉事，我真的很干。

yù​dào zhèi zhǒng dǎo​méi shì, wǒ zhēn​de hěn gàn.

I'm really frustrated to have run into such bad luck.

fuck verb
(slang or vulgar) to kill someone or to have sexual intercourse

那帮歹徒气势汹汹地威胁说要干了他。

nà bāng dǎi​tú qì​shì​xiōng​xiōng de wēi​xié shuō yào gàn le tā.

The thugs fiercely threatened to take him out.

main part noun
the trunk of a tree or the main part of a structure

这棵老树的干上布满了伤痕，诉说着岁月的沧桑。

zhè kē lǎo​shù de gàn shàng bù​mǎn le shāng​hén, sù​shuō zhe suì​yuè de cāng​sāng.

The trunk of this old tree is covered with scars, telling the story of the passing years.

capable noun
having ability or referring to a cadre or mainstay personnel

他在工作中表现出了过人的干才，深得大家信任。

tā zài gōng​zuò zhōng biǎo​xiàn chū le guò​rén de gàn​cái, shēn​dé dà​jiā xìn​rèn.

He showed extraordinary administrative talent in his work and won everyone's trust.

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
13
Unicode
U+5E79

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