干
Meanings
1. dry
2. dried food
3. empty; hollow
4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
5. futile; in vain
6. (dialect) rude; blunt
7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder
8. (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
9. one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 (tiāngān)
10. (archaic) shield
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Examples10
我 只要 告诉 他 就 好 了, 他 肯定 会 干 得 到。
If I tell him, then it's as good as done. He'll definitely take care of it.
我 的 皮肤 是 干 性 的。
I have dry skin.
她 一口 干 完 了 整 杯。
She drank straight from the bottle.
锅 烧 干 了。
The pan boiled dry.
这 名 乞丐 在 收集 干 面包。
The beggar is collecting stale bread.
我 的 衬衫 还 没 干。
My shirt isn't dry yet.