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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
HSK 1
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  *干* | 干* | *干
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield
HSK 1
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幹* | 幹* | *幹
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
HSK 1
clean / neat
HSK 1
candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
HSK 5
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1
to meddle / to intervene / intervention
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
surname Gan
to disturb / to interfere / perturbation / interference (physics)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
surname Gan
to interfere / to meddle / interference
HSK 6
drought / arid / dry
HSK 7-9
interferometer (physics)
weapons of war / arms
HSK 7-9
to dry clean / dry cleaning
to work; to be employed
(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull; dry; boring / (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
HSK 7-9
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL: 塊|块
dry powder
what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?
administrator / executive secretary
HSK 7-9
withered; shriveled; dried-up
parched / dry mouth
conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
to dry up
to worry helplessly
to cough without phlegm / a dry cough
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
arterial road / main road / main watercourse
the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle
ability / capable
cadre / official / officer / manager
HSK 7-9
to interfere in state affairs; to meddle in politics
capable and experienced
variant of 幹嘛|干嘛
HSK 3
stem cell
all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
main line / trunk line
desiccated corpse; mummified body
to cry out loud without tears
dry and clean / clear and fresh
wizened / skinny and shriveled
(coll.) to have a meal
to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亁* | 亁* | *亁
variant of 乾|干
HSK 1
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
cheese
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
responsibility
to get rid of
(Tw) (vulgar) fuck you! (literally, "fuck your mother")
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
fried beans, Sichuan style
(medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome
hay
desiccant
main stream (of a river)
capability / capable person
Cognac / brandy 白蘭地|白兰地 from the Cognac region of southwest France
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
drysuit (diving)
secretary-general
(Tw) (slang) remark that sounds like it makes sense but is actually nonsense
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分)
casein
erhua variant of 幹活|干活
HSK 2
to retch
to let matters rest
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校
income provided by a sinecure
dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc)
to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
police / police cadres
(dialect) to come to blows / to have a row
hand dryer
psoriasis
enthusiasm for doing sth
interferon
low tide / low water
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
a drier
witness (in a law suit)
to dry out / to dry completely
dried vegetable
prunes
single girl who lives a lackadaisical life, uninterested in relationships (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 干物女 "himono onna")
to watch helplessly
dry / parched / dull / insipid
trunk canal
Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記|搜神记

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