甘 (gān) means Sweet (willing). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
机器把 甘 蔗压榨成汁。
Jīqì bǎ gānzhè yāzhà chéng zhī.
The machine presses the sugar cane into juice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压榨
他不 甘 心过平庸的生活。
Tā bù gānxīn guò píngyōng de shēnghuó.
He is unwilling to settle for a mediocre life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 平庸
他心 甘 情愿为家人付出。
Tā xīngānqíngyuàn wèi jiārén fùchū.
He gives to his family entirely willingly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 心甘情愿
这件事我是心 甘 情愿做的。
Zhè jiàn shì wǒ shì xīngānqíngyuàn zuò de.
I did this of my own free will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 心甘情愿
熬了这么多年，总算苦尽 甘 来。
Áo le zhème duō nián, zǒngsuàn kǔjìngānlái.
After enduring so many years, the good times have finally come.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 苦尽甘来
他相信只要坚持就会苦尽 甘 来。
Tā xiāngxìn zhǐyào jiānchí jiù huì kǔjìngānlái.
He believes that if he perseveres the bitterness will give way to sweetness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 苦尽甘来
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Words that contain 甘
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Questions about 甘
How is 甘 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 甘 (gān, "Sweet (willing)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 甘 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 甘 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 甘?
The dictionary page for 甘 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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