dry in Chinese

干乾

HSK 3.0 · Level 1

gān

dry
dried food
empty; hollow
taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
futile; in vain
(dialect) rude; blunt
(dialect) to cold-shoulder
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
one of the ten heavenly stems 干
(archaic) shield
surname Gan
surname Gan

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Example sentences

tā 她 bāng 帮 tā 她 bàba 爸爸 gàn 干 le 了 huāyuán 花园 lǐ 里 de 的 huó 活。

She helped her father with the work in the garden.
míngtiān 明天 yǒu 有 xǔduō 许多 yào 要 gàn 干 de 的 shìqing 事情。

I have a lot of work to do tomorrow.

Other words for dry

干旱（乾旱） gānhàn HSK 7–9

drought; arid; dry
干燥（乾燥） gānzào HSK 7–9

to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); desiccation; dull; uninteresting; arid
焟 xī

dry
熇 kǎo

dry
涸 hé

to dry; to dry up
暵 hàn

dry; hot
蔋 dí

dry; scorched
干巴巴（乾巴巴） gānbābā

dry; parched; dull; insipid
燥 zào

dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sào]) minced meat

13 entries in ChineseDict list "dry" as a meaning.