乾〔干〕 gon¹ {gān}

(adjective) dull and dreary (because not in a relationship and single for a long time)

幹〔干〕 gon³ {gàn}

(noun) Capability

乹〔干〕 {gān}

1. dry
2. clean
3. in vain
4. dried food
5. foster
6. adoptive
7. to ignore

亁〔干〕 {gān}

1. dry
2. clean
3. in vain
4. dried food
5. foster
6. adoptive
7. to ignore

乾〔干〕 gon¹ {gān}

1. dry
2. clean
3. in vain
4. dried food
5. foster
6. adoptive
7. to ignore

干 gon¹ {gān}

1. to concern
2. to interfere
3. shield
4. stem

乾〔干〕 gon¹ {Gān}

surname Gan

幹〔干〕 gon³ {gàn}

1. tree trunk
2. main part of sth
3. to manage
4. to work
5. to do
6. capable
7. cadre
8. to kill (slang)
9. to fuck (vulgar)

乾巴〔干-〕 gon¹ baa¹ {gān ba}

Dry

乾包〔干-〕 gon¹ baau¹ {gān bāo}

dried jackfruit

乾炒〔干-〕 gon¹ caau² {gān chǎo}

dry fry; one of the frying technique in Chinese cooking

乾電〔干电〕 gon¹ din⁶ {gān diàn}

direct current (electricity)

乾鯁〔干鲠〕 gon¹ gang² {gān gěng}

Swallow something without drinking anything

乾工〔干-〕 gon¹ gung¹ {gān gōng}

Getting paid without working

乾水〔干-〕 gon¹ seoi² {gān shuǐ}

1. game of mahjong 2. water or soup boiled for too long where no and very little liquid remains

乾塘〔干-〕 gon¹ tong⁴ {gān táng}

depleted; exhausted (can refer to running out of money / exhausted after sex)

乾凈〔干净〕 gon¹ zeng⁶ {gān jìng}

clean; tidy

幹線〔干线〕 gon³ sin³ {gàn xiàn}

(noun) 1. Route 1/2/3

乾嘔〔干呕〕 gon¹ au² {gān ǒu}

to retch

乾煸〔干-〕 gon¹ bin¹ {gān biān}

to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)

乾冰〔干-〕 gon¹ bing¹ {gān bīng}

1. dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2)
2. CL: 塊

乾癟〔干瘪〕 gon¹ bit⁶ {gān biě}

1. dried out
2. wizened
3. shriveled

干寶〔-宝〕 gon¹ bou² {Gān Bǎo}

Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記

乾杯〔干-〕 gon¹ bui¹ {gān bēi}

1. to drink a toast
2. Cheers! (proposing a toast)
3. Here's to you!
4. Bottoms up!
5. lit. dry cup

乾貝〔干贝〕 gon¹ bui³ {gān bèi}

1. conpoy
2. dried scallop

乾脆〔干-〕 gon¹ ceoi³ {gān cuì}

1. straightforward
2. clear-cut
3. blunt (e.g. statement)
4. you might as well
5. simply

乾潮〔干-〕 gon¹ ciu⁴ {gān cháo}

1. low tide
2. low water

乾菜〔干-〕 gon¹ coi³ {gān cài}

dried vegetable

乾草〔干-〕 gon¹ cou² {gān cǎo}

hay

乾燥〔干-〕 gon¹ cou³ {gān zào}

1. to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
2. desiccation
3. dull
4. uninteresting
5. arid

乾等〔干-〕 gon¹ dang² {gān děng}

1. to wait in vain
2. to sit around waiting

乾爹〔干-〕 gon¹ de¹ {gān diē}

godfather

乾飯〔干饭〕 gon¹ faan⁶ {gān fàn}

cooked and dried rice

乾粉〔干-〕 gon¹ fan² {gān fěn}

dry powder

乾貨〔干货〕 gon¹ fo³ {gān huò}

1. dry goods
2. dried fruit, nuts etc

乾枯〔干-〕 gon¹ fu¹ {gān kū}

1. withered
2. dried up

乾俸〔干-〕 gon¹ fung² {gān fèng}

sinecure

乾澀〔干涩〕 gon¹ gip³ {gān sè}

1. dry and rough (skin)
2. hoarse (voice)
3. dry and heavy (style)

乾薑〔干姜〕 gon¹ goeng¹ {gān jiāng}

dried ginger

干戈 gon¹ gwo¹ {gān gē}

1. weapons of war
2. arms

乾果〔干-〕 gon¹ gwo² {gān guǒ}

1. dried fruit
2. dry fruits (nuts etc)

干係〔-系〕 gon¹ hai⁶ {gān xì}

responsibility

乾旱〔干-〕 gon¹ hon⁵ {gān hàn}

1. drought
2. arid
3. dry

乾渴〔干-〕 gon¹ hot³ {gān kě}

1. parched
2. dry mouth

乾嚎〔干-〕 gon¹ hou⁴ {gān háo}

to cry out loud without tears

乾號〔干号〕 gon¹ hou⁶ {gān háo}

to cry out loud without tears

干邑 gon¹ jap¹ {Gān yì}

1. Cognac
2. brandy 白蘭地 from the Cognac region of southwest France

干休 gon¹ jau¹ {gān xiū}

to let matters rest

乾衣〔干-〕 gon¹ ji¹ {gān yī}

drysuit (diving)

乾兒〔干儿〕 gon¹ ji⁴ {gān ér}

adopted son

乾兒〔干儿〕 gon¹ ji⁴ {gān r}

dried food

干擾〔-扰〕 gon¹ jiu⁵ {gān rǎo}

1. to disturb
2. to interfere
3. perturbation
4. interference (physics)

干預〔-预〕 gon¹ jyu⁶ {gān yù}

1. to meddle
2. to intervene
3. intervention

乾噦〔干哕〕 gon¹ jyut⁶ {gān yuě}

to retch

乾涸〔干-〕 gon¹ kok³ {gān hé}

to dry up

乾餾〔干馏〕 gon¹ lau⁶ {gān liú}

1. to carbonize
2. dry distillation
3. carbonization

乾裂〔干-〕 gon¹ lit⁶ {gān liè}

1. (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack
2. to chap

乾糧〔干粮〕 gon¹ loeng⁴ {gān liáng}

rations (to take on expedition)

乾酪〔干-〕 gon¹ lok³ {gān lào}

cheese

乾媽〔干妈〕 gon¹ maa¹ {gān mā}

godmother

乾娘〔干-〕 gon¹ noeng⁴ {gān niáng}

godmother (see also 干妈)

乾洗〔干-〕 gon¹ sai² {gān xǐ}

1. to dry clean
2. dry cleaning

乾瘦〔干-〕 gon¹ sau³ {gān shòu}

1. wizened
2. skinny and shriveled

乾屍〔干尸〕 gon¹ si¹ {gān shī}

1. mummy
2. dried corpse

乾癬〔干癣〕 gon¹ sin² {gān xuǎn}

psoriasis

干涉 gon¹ sip³ {gān shè}

1. to interfere
2. to meddle
3. interference

乾笑〔干-〕 gon¹ siu³ {gān xiào}

1. to give a hollow laugh
2. to force a smile
3. forced laugh
4. CL: 聲

乾爽〔干-〕 gon¹ song² {gān shuǎng}

1. dry and clean
2. clear and fresh

乾透〔干-〕 gon¹ tau³ {gān tòu}

1. to dry out
2. to dry completely

乾淨〔干净〕 gon¹ zeng⁶ {gān jìng}

1. clean
2. neat

干支 gon¹ zi¹ {gān zhī}

1. the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
2. sexagenary cycle

干證〔-证〕 gon¹ zing³ {gān zhèng}

witness (in a law suit)

幹部〔干-〕 gon³ bou⁶ {gàn bù}

1. cadre
2. official
3. officer
4. manager

幹才〔干-〕 gon³ coi⁴ {gàn cái}

1. ability
2. capable

幹材〔干-〕 gon³ coi⁴ {gàn cái}

1. ability
2. capable

幹掉〔干-〕 gon³ diu⁶ {gàn diào}

to get rid of

幹道〔干-〕 gon³ dou⁶ {gàn dào}

1. arterial road
2. main road
3. main watercourse

幹架〔干-〕 gon³ gaa³ {gàn jià}

1. (dialect) to come to blows
2. to have a row

幹警〔干-〕 gon³ ging² {gàn jǐng}

1. police
2. police cadres

幹勁〔干劲〕 gon³ ging⁶ {gàn jìn}

enthusiasm for doing sth

幹校〔干-〕 gon³ haau⁶ {gàn xiào}

1. school for cadres
2. May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校

幹渠〔干-〕 gon³ keoi⁴ {gàn qú}

trunk canal

幹群〔干-〕 gon³ kwan⁴ {gàn qún}

1. cadres and masses
2. party officials and ordinary people

幹流〔干-〕 gon³ lau⁴ {gàn liú}

main stream (of a river)

幹練〔干练〕 gon³ lin⁶ {gàn liàn}

capable and experienced

幹嘛〔干-〕 gon³ maa³ {gàn má}

1. what are you doing?
2. whatever for?
3. why on earth?

幹啥〔干-〕 gon³ saa² {gàn shá}

do what?

幹事〔干-〕 gon³ si⁶ {gàn shi}

1. administrator
2. executive secretary

幹線〔干线〕 gon³ sin³ {gàn xiàn}

1. main line
2. trunk line

幹活〔干-〕 gon³ wut⁶ {gàn huó}

1. to work
2. to be employed
3. manual labor

幹將〔干将〕 gon³ zoeng³ {gàn jiàng}

capable person

幹仗〔干-〕 gon³ zoeng³ {gàn zhàng}

to quarrel (dialect)

乾電池〔干电-〕 gon¹ din⁶ ci⁴ {gān diàn chí}

dry cell battery

乾骾骾〔干鲠鲠〕 gon¹ gang² gang² {gān gěng gěng}

dry and hard to swallow (taste)

乾鯁鯁〔干鲠鲠〕 gon¹ gang² gang² {gān gěng gěng}

Swallow something without drinking anything

干邑酒 gon¹ jap¹ zau² {gān yì jiǔ}

Cognac

乾衣機〔干-机〕 gon¹ ji¹ gei¹ {gān yī jī}

clothes dryer

乾瑤柱〔干瑶-〕 gon¹ jiu⁴ cyu⁵ {gān yáo zhù}

conpoy, dried scallop

乾萌萌〔干--〕 gon¹ mang⁴ mang⁴ {gān méng méng}

dry and hard (taste)

干諾道〔-诺-〕 gon¹ nok⁶ dou⁶ {gān nuò dào}

Connaught Road, located in Hong Kong

乾洗店〔干--〕 gon¹ sai² dim³ {gān xǐ diàn}

dry cleaner and laundry

乾濕褸〔干湿褛〕 gon¹ sap¹ lau¹ {gān shī lǚ}

trench coat

乾噌噌〔干--〕 gon¹ zang¹ zang¹ {gān cēng cēng}

dry and bland (taste)

乾爭爭〔干争争〕 gon¹ zang¹ zang¹ {gān zhēng zhēng}

use to describe food which is dry and hard

乾巴巴〔干--〕 gon¹ baa¹ baa¹ {gān bā bā}

1. dry
2. parched
3. dull
4. insipid

乾瞪眼〔干--〕 gon¹ cing⁴ ngaan⁵ {gān dèng yǎn}

to watch helplessly

乾燥機〔干-机〕 gon¹ cou³ gei¹ {gān zào jī}

a drier

乾燥劑〔干-剂〕 gon¹ cou³ zai¹ {gān zào jì}

desiccant

乾打壘〔干-垒〕 gon¹ daa² leoi⁵ {gān dǎ lěi}

1. rammed earth
2. adobe house

乾旱土〔干--〕 gon¹ hon⁵ tou² {Gān hàn tǔ}

Aridosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)

乾兒子〔干儿-〕 gon¹ ji⁴ zi² {gān ér zi}

1. (nominally) adopted son
2. godson

干擾素〔-扰-〕 gon¹ jiu⁵ sou³ {gān rǎo sù}

interferon

乾糧袋〔干粮-〕 gon¹ loeng⁴ doi⁶ {gàn liáng dài}

1. knapsack (for provisions)
2. haversack

乾酪素〔干--〕 gon¹ lok⁶ sou³ {gān lào sù}

casein

乾梅子〔干--〕 gon¹ mui⁴ zi² {gān méi zi}

prunes

乾女兒〔干-儿〕 gon¹ neoi⁵ ji⁴ {gān nǚ ér}

1. (nominally) adopted daughter
2. goddaughter

乾眼症〔干--〕 gon¹ ngaan⁵ zing³ {gān yǎn zhèng}

1. dry eye
2. xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)

干涉儀〔--仪〕 gon¹ sip³ ji⁴ {gān shè yí}

interferometer (physics)

乾著急〔干着-〕 gon¹ zoek⁶ gap¹ {gān zháo jí}

to worry helplessly

幹細胞〔干细-〕 gon³ sai³ baau¹ {gàn xì bāo}

stem cell

幹甚麼〔干什么〕 gon³ sam⁶ mo¹ {gàn shén me}

1. what are you doing?
2. what's he up to?

幹事長〔干-长〕 gon³ si⁶ zoeng² {gàn shi zhǎng}

secretary-general

幹活兒〔干-儿〕 gon³ wut⁶ ji⁴ {gàn huó r}

1. to work
2. manual labor

乾柴烈火〔干---〕 gon¹ caai⁴ lit⁶ fo² {gān chái liè huǒ}

lit. dry firewood fierce fire, meaning a couple strong desire for sex

干炒牛河 gon¹ caau² ngau⁴ ho² {gān chǎo niú hé}

Fried rice flat noodle with beef

乾炒牛河〔干---〕 gon¹ caau² ngau⁴ ho⁴ {gān chǎo niú hé}

stir-fried beef rice noodle

干諾道中〔-诺--〕 gon¹ nok⁶ dou⁶ zung¹ {gān nuò dào zhōng}

Connaught Road Central, located in Hong Kong

乾手淨腳〔干--脚〕 gon¹ sau² zeng⁶ goek³ {gān shǒu chéng jiǎo}

describes the feeling of no more worries and troubles; to describe a situation where all the 'loose ends' (i.e. troubles) are settled and taken care of, so one does not need to worry any further; to literally "clean hands, clean feet"

乾時緊月〔干时紧-〕 gon¹ si⁴ gan² jyut⁶ {gān shí jǐn yuè}

Nervous

乾燒伊麵〔干烧-面〕 gon¹ siu¹ ji¹ min⁶ {gān shāo yī miàn}

braised e-fu noodles

乾淨企理〔干净--〕 gon¹ zeng⁶ kei⁵ lei⁵ {gān jìng qǐ lǐ}

Clean and neat

干扁豆角 gon¹ bin² dau⁶ gok³ {gān biǎn dòu jiǎo}

green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish

乾脆利落〔干---〕 gon¹ ceoi³ lei⁶ lok⁶ {gān cuì lì luo}

1. (of speech or actions) direct and efficient
2. without fooling around

乾淨俐落〔干净--〕 gon¹ zeng⁶ lei⁶ lok⁶ {gān jìng lì luò}

1. clean and efficient
2. neat and tidy

乾淨利落〔干净--〕 gon¹ zeng⁶ lei⁶ lok⁶ {gān jìng lì luo}

1. squeaky clean
2. neat and tidy
3. efficient

乾煸四季豆〔干----〕 gon¹ bin¹ sei³ gwai³ dau² {gān biān sì jì dòu}

fried beans, Sichuan style

乾煸土豆絲〔干---丝〕 gon¹ bin¹ tou² dau⁶ si¹ {gān biān tǔ dòu sī}

dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)