干 (乾) gān

  1. gān adjective dry
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 1)
  2. gān adjective parched
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 枯竭 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 2)
  3. gān noun trunk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 幹 (CC-CEDICT '幹'; Guoyu '幹'; Unihan '幹')
  4. gān adjective like family
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; for example, 干爹 'godfather' (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 4)
  5. gān noun Kangxi radical 51
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: Traditional 干 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '干' gān n 7)
  6. gān noun dried food
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 or 干; for example, 牛肉干 'beef jerky' (Guoyu '乾' gān n 1)
  7. gān verb to dry out
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 1)
  8. gān verb to use up
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 竭尽 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 2)
  9. gān verb to slight; to look down on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 怠慢 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 3)
  10. gān adverb with nothing remaining
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 1)
  11. qián noun qian; the first of the Eight trigrams
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Trigram 卦
    Notes: Symbolic form ☰; listed in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” (NCCED '乾' n 1; Nylan 2001, p. 218; Unihan '乾')
  12. qián noun the male principle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 男性的. For example, in 易經·繫辭上 ”Book of Changes” - Xi Ci I: 乾道成男 'The attributes expressed by Qian constitute the male' (trans. Legge 1882; Guoyu '乾' adj; NCCED '乾' 2; Unihan '乾')
  13. qián proper noun Qian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (NCCED '乾' n 2)
  14. gān adverb in vain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 徒然 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 2)
  15. gān adverb superficially
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 表面的 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 3)
  16. qián proper noun Qian [symbol]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; name of a divination symbol 卦名 in the Yijing (Guoyu '乾' qián n 1)
  17. qián proper noun Qian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 or 干 (Guoyu '乾' qián n 2)
  18. qián adjective masculine; manly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' qián adj)
  19. gān noun a shield
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 盾 (Guoyu '干' gān n 1)
  20. gān noun gan [heavenly stem]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; same as 天干 (Guoyu '干' gān n 2)
  21. gān noun shore
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 岸边 (Guoyu '干' gān n 3)
  22. gān noun a hoard [of people]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 群 (Guoyu '干' gān n 5)
  23. gān verb to commit an offense
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 干犯 (Guoyu '干' gān v 1)
  24. gān verb to pursue; to seek
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 求取 (Guoyu '干' gān v 2)
  25. gān verb to participate energetically
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; for example, 干政 'participate in politics' (Guoyu '干' gān v 3)
  26. gān verb to be related to; to concern
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 有关系, as in 相干 (Guoyu '干' gān v 4)
  27. gān adjective dry; thirsty; pipāsita
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pipāsita, Tibetan: skom pa (BCSD '乾', p. 79; Mahāvyutpatti 'pipāsitaḥ'; MW 'pipāsita')
  28. gān adjective clean; bright; śukla
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śukla (BCSD '乾', p. 79; MW 'śukla')

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  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 69
  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 54
  • Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 22
  • Scroll 8 Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經 — count: 19
  • Scroll 1 Western Dhāraṇī Matrix Vajra Amṛitakuṇḍali Ritual (Xifang Tuoluoni Cang Zhong Jingang Zu Amiliduojunzhali Fa) 西方陀羅尼藏中金剛族阿蜜哩多軍吒利法 — count: 17
  • Scroll 8 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Wen Ju 妙法蓮華經文句 — count: 13
  • Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 12
  • Scroll 4 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 12 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Guhyasamājatantra 佛說一切如來金剛三業最上祕密大教王經 — count: 12
  • Scroll 7 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 11 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 野干 (野乾) 譬如野干疥癩衰病 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 31
  • 有若干 (有若乾) 生有若干想 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 25
  • 干竭 (乾竭) 渠流皆悉乾竭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 24
  • 干沓 (乾沓) 領乾沓惒神 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 13
  • 干提 (乾提) 六名須乾提 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 8
  • 干种 (乾種) 學有若干種非取之法 — The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
  • 干坏 (乾壞) 寧身肌筋骨血幹壞 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 僧干 (僧乾) 何以故名為僧乾泥犁 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
  • 悉干 (悉乾) 渠流皆悉乾竭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 5
  • 钱财干 (錢財乾) 非法求錢財干彼 — Fu Yin Jing (Kāmabhogī) 伏婬經, Scroll 1 — count: 4