dry; lacking moisture; arid; dehydrated

processed food that has been dried or dehydrated; (bound form) jerky; chips; crackers

to become dry; to cause something to become dry; to exhaust or drink up a liquid

in vain; with no result; only; simply; helplessly

non-biological kinship established through formal recognition; foster; adoptive

existing in name only; formal; perfunctory; hollow; surface appearance without substance

the first of the eight trigrams, representing heaven; masculine; male; sovereign

(dialect) to cold-shoulder; to leave someone hanging; to ignore

One of the Eight Trigrams (☰) symbolizing heaven and the male principle; one of the Sixty-four Hexagrams (䷀); the compass point 315° (northwest)

(bound form) Relating to the male principle or representing the male side in traditional contexts.

(surname) Qian.