干 (gān / gàn) means Dry (responsible), Capable. Below are 24 of the 73 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
请用 干 毛巾擦一擦。
Qǐng yòng gān máojīn cā yi cā.
Please wipe it with a dry towel.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 干
他说话很 干 脆。
Tā shuō huà hěn gāncuì.
He speaks in a straightforward way.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 干脆
大家一起 干 杯吧。
Dàjiā yìqǐ gān bēi ba.
Let us all drink a toast together.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 干杯
冬天皮肤容易 干 。
Dōngtiān pífū róngyì gān.
Skin gets dry easily in winter.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 皮肤
机器内部很 干 净。
Jīqì nèibù hěn gānjìng.
The inside of the machine is very clean.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 内部
他的媳妇很能 干 。
Tā de xífù hěn nénggàn.
His daughter-in-law is very capable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 媳妇
手洗 干 净了再吃饭。
Shǒu xǐ gānjìng le zài chī fàn.
Wash your hands clean before eating.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 干净
桌子上有一盒饼 干 。
Zhuōzi shàng yǒu yì hé bǐnggān.
There is a box of biscuits on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 饼干
为我们的友谊 干 杯！
Wèi wǒmen de yǒuyì gān bēi!
Let us drink to our friendship!
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 干杯
天气太 干 ，小心火。
Tiānqì tài gān, xiǎoxīn huǒ.
The weather is very dry; be careful with fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 火
Reading these is one thing; producing 干 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
房间不大，可是很 干 净。
fángjiān búdà, kěshì hěn gānjìng.
It isn't big, but it's very clean.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
旅馆很便宜，房间也很 干 净。
lǚguǎn hěn piányi, fángjiān yě hěn gānjìng.
It was cheap and the room was clean.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
From the travel phrasebook
我先 干 为敬。
Wǒ xiān gān wéi jìng.
I'll empty mine first, out of respect.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
干 appears in 73 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 干
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 干
How is 干 used in a sentence?
This page shows 73 sentences using 干 (gān / gàn, "Dry (responsible), Capable"), 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 干 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 干 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 干 an HSK word?
Yes — 干 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 干?
The dictionary page for 干 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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