yīn​gān

to dry in the shade

yīn​gān to dry in the shade

  1. shade
    shade; a place shaded from the sun; the back or reverse side of a physical object
  2. gān particle
    to dry
    to become dry; to cause something to become dry; to exhaust or drink up a liquid

yīn​gān even-numbered Heavenly Stems

  1. Yin (philosophy)
    the female, passive, or negative principle in nature (as opposed to Yang)
  2. [the Qian trigram]
    the first of the eight trigrams, representing heaven; masculine; male; sovereign