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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
clean / neat
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亁* | 亁* | *亁
variant of 乾|干
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乹* | 乹* | *乹
old variant of 乾|干
HSK 1
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
HSK 2
erhua variant of 幹活|干活
HSK 2
variant of 幹嘛|干嘛
HSK 3
to disturb / to interfere / perturbation / interference (physics)
HSK 5
candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
HSK 5
to meddle / to intervene / intervention
HSK 5
to interfere / to meddle / interference
HSK 6
administrator / executive secretary
HSK 7-9
drought / arid / dry
HSK 7-9
cadre / official / officer / manager
HSK 7-9
(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
weapons of war / arms
HSK 7-9
withered; shriveled; dried-up
desiccant
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
surname Gan
a drier
to dry up
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
surname Gan
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)
Cognac / brandy 白蘭地|白兰地 from the Cognac region of southwest France
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
to dry clean / dry cleaning
police / police cadres
main line / trunk line
to get rid of
rations (to take on expedition)
to work; to be employed
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dry and clean / clear and fresh
capable and experienced
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to quarrel (dialect)
dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc)
enthusiasm for doing sth
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
dried out / wizened / shriveled
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
dry powder
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL: 塊|块
to retch
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
capable person
(dialect) to come to blows / to have a row
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
parched / dry mouth
to worry helplessly
dried vegetable
desiccated corpse; mummified body
ability / capable
to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
dried ginger
main stream (of a river)
arterial road / main road / main watercourse
cheese
to interfere in state affairs; to meddle in politics
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dried food
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
(medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome
to cough without phlegm / a dry cough
to cry out loud without tears
interferon
cadres and masses / party officials and ordinary people
dry / parched / dull / insipid
(of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
to watch helplessly
witness (in a law suit)
hay
school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校
wizened / skinny and shriveled
to cry out loud without tears
to let matters rest
to dry-heave / to retch
variant of 干預|干预
trunk canal
rammed earth / adobe house
income provided by a sinecure
(Tw) (vulgar) fuck you! (literally, "fuck your mother")
psoriasis
what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?
dried leaf
stem cell
conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
fried beans, Sichuan style
secretary-general
drysuit (diving)
hand dryer
low tide / low water
prunes
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
single girl who lives a lackadaisical life, uninterested in relationships (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 干物女 "himono onna")

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