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')

Contained in

• 干栗多 heart; hṛd
• 世事不必争人我 身心放下见干坤(世事不必爭人我 身心放下見乾坤) Needless to fight over self and others; Upon letting go, the Truth is revealed.
• 干吉沙(乾吉沙) Gangesa
• 目干连(目乾連) Maudgalyāyana
• 天地展开日月明 干坤供养山河清(天地展開日月明 乾坤供養山河清) Above the shining sun and moon stretch boundless Heaven and Earth; Supporting the pure mountains and rivers the antithesis between heaven and earth.

Also contained in

塔克拉玛干 、 干休 、 手脚不干净 、 干眼症 、 不干涉 、 干笑 、 干打垒 、 干事 、 干肉 、 德干 、 苏打饼干 、 干支 、 饼干 、 干煸四季豆 、 不干不净 、 吃干饭 、 干馏 、 干煸土豆丝 、 夹心饼干 、 干饭 、 干妈 、 干等 、 干证 、 干扁豆角 、 总干事 、 单干 、 提干 、 干犯 、 阴干 、 高干 、 干旱土 、 布干维尔岛 、 库尔干秋别 、 干梅子 、 干枯 、 脑干 、 转干 、 塔克拉马干 、 干潮 、 桢干 、 干燥气候 、 干将 、 干涉仪 、 唾面自干 、 精干高效 、 包干儿

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• Hsing Yun Diary 25 - The Moving Experience of Spiritual Practice: Accepted Habits 星雲日記25～ 感動的修行 接受的習慣(1993/9/16～1993/9/30) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 7
• The Great Buddha 偉大的佛陀 Humanistic Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism Series 10 - Religion and Experience 《人間佛教系列10－宗教與體驗》 — count: 7
• Lecture 16: Ten Types of Noodle Dishes 第十六講‧麵食十吃 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 6: Propagation of Buddhism 《僧事百講6－佛教推展》 — count: 7
• The Buddha is Helpless (Karma) 佛陀的無奈(業力) Buddhism Series 3 - The Buddha 《佛教叢書3－佛陀》 — count: 6
• The Doctrine of Buddhist Compassion 佛教的慈悲主義 Humanistic Buddhism Series 7 - Dharma and Doctrine 《人間佛教系列7－佛法與義理》 — count: 6
• Community Ethics Investigation (Volume 2) - A Buddhist View of 'Life Fate' 族群倫理探討（中冊） 佛教對「人生命運」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 6
• The Doctrine of Compassion in Buddhism 佛教的慈悲主義 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 6
• A Buddhist View of Problems with Popular Customs 佛教對民俗病態的療法 Humanistic Buddhism Series 2 - Life and Society 《人間佛教系列2－人生與社會》 — count: 4
• Lecture 18: Ten Types of Miscellaneous Dishes 第十八講‧雜食十類 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 6: Propagation of Buddhism 《僧事百講6－佛教推展》 — count: 4
• Hsing Yun Diary 19 - A Heart-to-Heart Talk: Perfectly Willing 星雲日記19～談心接心 心甘情願(1992/10/16～1992/10/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 4

Collocations

• 老干 (老乾) 老幹新枝 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 9 - It's Lonely at the Top 《迷悟之間(九)高處不勝寒》, New Branches on an Old Trunk 老幹新枝 — count: 21
• 不能干 (不能乾) 不能幹 — Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》, Volume 2: Diligence and Interpersonal Harmony in Life 第二冊 生活勤奮人和 — count: 18
• 干治 (乾治) 問政不干治 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》, Lecture 15: Secular Affairs Within Monastic Life 第十五講．僧門俗事 — count: 14
• 豆干 (豆乾) 豆干 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 16: Special Questions 第十六講‧特殊問題 — count: 14
• 叶干 (葉乾) 赴印度的保證人是印度華僑聯合國的主席葉幹中先生 — Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》, Thailand 泰國 — count: 13
• 干中 (乾中) 赴印度的保證人是印度華僑聯合國的主席葉幹中先生 — Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》, Thailand 泰國 — count: 12
• 干新 (乾新) 老幹新枝 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 9 - It's Lonely at the Top 《迷悟之間(九)高處不勝寒》, New Branches on an Old Trunk 老幹新枝 — count: 10
• 萝卜干 (蘿蔔乾) 蘿蔔乾很有名 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 4: Assemblies and Dharma Services 《僧事百講4－集會共修》, Lecture 3: Secret Practice 第三講．密行修持 — count: 7
• 干达多 (乾達多) 過去有一個無惡不作的壞人叫作乾達多 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, One body sees all - Part 18 [Lecture] 如來遍觀眾生心性分第十八 【講話】 — count: 7
• 象干 (象乾) 澳洲企業家游象乾 — Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》, Hsing Yun Diary 17 - The Dharma Gate of Non-Duality: From the Ten Directions and Back to the Ten Directions 星雲日記17～不二法門 十方來十方去(1992/5/1～1992/5/15) — count: 5