干 (gon1) — heavenly stems | [antonym] (地)支 in Cantonese
gonˉ¹干Mandarin Pinyin: gan1
Meaning of 干
nounheavenly stems | [antonym] (地)支
nounoffend; violate; affront
nouninterfere; interrupt; trouble
nounconcern; involve; have to do with
nounshield
Example Sentences with 干
捹乾隻手
Shake off the water from the hand.
雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.
fingˍ₆揈gonˉ¹乾zek˗₃隻sauˊ²手sinˉ¹先zi˗₃至ceotˉ¹出heoi˗₃去
Shake off water from your hand before going out.
ngoˏ₅我lo2-zo2攞soeng6go3lai5baai3咗maaiˏ₅上go2-gin6-saam1個heoi˗₃禮gon1sai2拜買嗰件衫去乾洗
I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
ngoˏ₅我lo2-zo2攞soeng6go3lai5baai3咗maaiˏ₅上go2di1-saam1個heoi˗₃禮gon1sai2拜買嗰啲衫去乾洗
I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
Words Containing 干
一干水jat1 gon1 seoi2
一千文, 一撇水, 一撇嘢, 金牛
不干涉bat1 gon1 sip3
noninterference, nonintervention
干邑gon1 jap1
cognac
訊號干擾seon3 hou6 gon1 jiu2
signal interference
干涉gon1 sip3
to intervene; interference
干擾gon1 jiu2
jam; interfere
干邑酒gon1 jap1 zau2
cognac
干戈gon1 gwo1
warfare, literally 'shield and spear'
射頻干擾se6 pan4 gon1 jiu2
radio interference; RF (radio frequency) interference
化干戈為玉帛faa3 gon1 gwo1 wai4 juk6 baak6
beat swords into ploughshares
包干baau1 gon1
to be responsible for a task unit until it is completed
干預gon1 jyu6
to meddle; to interfere; to intervene
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