Word: 乾 (gān) dry; dried food; empty; taken in to nominal kinship; futile; rude; to cold-shoulder; used up; drained

These are the example sentences using 乾 in the sense dry; dried food; empty; taken in to nominal kinship; futile; rude; to cold-shoulder; used up; drained. Every sentence using 乾 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Simplified: 干

Example sentences using 乾 in this sense

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華北的冬天又乾又冷。

Huáběi de dōngtiān yòu gān yòu lěng.

Winters in North China are dry and cold.
夏天太乾了，村里的水源不夠用。

Xiàtiān tài gānle, cūnlǐ de shuǐyuán búgòu yòng.

The summer was so dry that the village's water supply wasn't enough.
天太乾，山裡容易起山火。

Tiān tài gān, shān lǐ róngyì qǐ shānhuǒ.

When the weather is this dry, wildfires easily start in the mountains.
小河漲水大河滿，小河沒水大河乾

xiǎohé zhǎngshuǐ dàhé mǎn, xiǎohé méi shuǐ dàhé gān

when small rivers rise the big river is full; when small rivers have no water the big river runs dry
我喉嚨很乾。

Wǒ hóulóng hěn gān.

My throat feels dry.
我的喉嚨又乾又紅、又痛又癢。

Wǒ de hóulóng yòu gān yòu hóng, yòu tòng yòu yǎng.

My throat feels dry and raw and scratchy.
我的襯衫還沒乾。

Wǒ de chènshān hái méi gān.

My shirt isn't dry yet.
我的襪子已經乾了嗎？

Wǒ de wàzi yǐjīng gānle ma?

Are my socks dry already?
房間太乾，要提高濕度。

Fángjiān tài gān, yào tígāo shīdù.

The room is too dry, so we need to raise the humidity.
春天潮濕，衣服總乾不了。

Chūntiān cháoshī, yīfu zǒng gān bù liǎo.

Spring is damp, so clothes never seem to dry.
水泥還沒乾，請不要踩上去！

Shuǐní hái méi gān, qǐng búyào cǎi shàngqù!

The cement hasn't dried yet, so please don't step on it!
混凝土乾了以後才能踩。

Hùnníngtǔ gānle yǐhòu cái néng cǎi.

You can only step on concrete after it has dried.
給我一條乾毛巾。

Gěi wǒ yìtiáo gān máojīn.

Bring me a dry towel.
蒸鍋裡的水快燒乾了！

Zhēngguō lǐ de shuǐ kuài shāo gānle!

The water in the steamer is about to boil dry!
西北的冬天又乾又冷。

Xīběi de dōngtiān yòu gān yòu lěng.

Winters in Northwest China are dry and cold.
近日總下雨，衣服難乾。

Jìnrì zǒng xiàyǔ, yīfu nán gān.

It's been raining these past few days, so clothes are hard to get dry.
這塊地太乾，不適合耕作。

Zhèkuài de tài gān, bú shìhé gēngzuò.

This plot of land is too dry and isn't suitable for farming.
連綿的陰雨，衣服一直晾不乾。

Liánmián de yīnyǔ, yīfu yìzhí liàng bù gān.

With the uninterrupted wet weather, the laundry just won't dry.
連綿的陰雨讓衣服一直乾不了。

Liánmián de yīnyǔ ràng yīfu yìzhí gān bù liǎo.

The continuous rain meant the clothes never dried.
陽台上的拖把還沒乾呢。

Yángtái shàng de tuōbǎ hái méi gān ne.

The mop on the balcony still isn't dry.
高溫天氣讓很多河都乾了。

Gāowēn tiānqì ràng hěn duō hé dōu gānle.

The hot weather has dried up many rivers.