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干

gàn · gān

Traditional: 幹, 乹

to manage

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Meanings of 干 in English

gànHSK 3verbSyllabus #640
  1. to manage
  2. to work
  3. to do
  4. to kill (slang)
  5. tree trunk
  6. main part of sth
  7. capable
  8. cadre
gānHSK 4+ HSK 5adjective, nounSyllabus #1220
  1. dry
  2. dried food
  3. empty; hollow
  4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. futile; in vain
  6. (dialect) rude; blunt
  7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder
  8. one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]

Example sentences

  1. 这活儿我干了一辈子。
    zhè huó er wǒ gàn le yī bèi zi。
    I've done this all my life.
    Tatoeba #7841399 by basilhan · #5204203 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 你确定他们可以干这个吗？
    nǐ què dìng tā men kě yǐ gàn zhè ge ma？
    Are you sure they can do this?
    Tatoeba #11763426 by mayun · #1723941 by Spamster · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 我不记得干了那样的事情。
    wǒ bú jì dé gàn le nà yàng de shì qíng。
    I don't remember doing anything like that.
    Tatoeba #10047715 by zhoudoufu · #3536238 by Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 干

干净HSK 3饼干HSK 4干杯HSK 4干活儿HSK 4能干HSK 5干脆HSK 6干旱HSK 6干扰HSK 6干燥HSK 6才干HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences