乾燥

See also: 干燥

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	dry; parched; impatient
trad. (乾燥)		乾	燥
simp. (干燥)		干	燥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānzào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄗㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ cou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôn-châu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-sò / kan-chàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānzào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄗㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganzào
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-tsao⁴
    • Yale: gān-dzàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gantzaw
    • Palladius: ганьцзао (ganʹczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ cou³
    • Yale: gōn chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-châu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˊ zau^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ zau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sau̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-sò
    • Tâi-lô: kan-sò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kansoix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ so⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² so²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ so¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-chàu
    • Tâi-lô: kan-tsàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanzaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ t͡sau⁴¹/

Adjective

乾燥

1. dry; arid

   皮膚乾燥／皮肤干燥  ―  pífū gānzào  ―  dry skin

2. uninteresting; dull

Synonyms

• (dry):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		乾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	乾
	Taiwan	乾
	Malaysia	乾
	Singapore	乾
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	乾
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	乾
	Xi'an	乾
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	乾
	Wuhan	乾, 乾燥, 乾迸
	Guiyang	乾
	Guilin	乾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	乾
	Yangzhou	乾
	Hefei	乾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乾
	Hong Kong	乾
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	燥
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	燥
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	燥
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	乾
	Macau	乾
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	乾
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	乾
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	乾
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	乾
	Foshan	乾
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	乾
	Foshan (Shunde)	乾
	Foshan (Sanshui)	乾
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	乾
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	乾
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	乾
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	乾
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	乾
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	乾
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	乾
	Taishan	乾
	Kaiping (Chikan)	乾
	Enping (Niujiang)	乾
	Heshan (Yayao)	乾
	Dongguan	乾, 燥
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	乾
	Yangjiang	燥
	Singapore (Guangfu)	乾
Gan	Nanchang	乾
Hakka	Meixian	乾, 燥
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	乾
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	燥
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	燥
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	燥
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	燥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	燥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	燥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	燥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	燥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	燥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	燥
	Hong Kong	燥
Huizhou	Jixi	乾
Jin	Taiyuan	乾
Northern Min	Jian'ou	焦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	焦, 乾
Southern Min	Xiamen	焦
	Quanzhou	焦
	Zhangzhou	焦
	Dongshan	焦
	Tainan	焦
	Penang (Hokkien)	焦
	Singapore (Hokkien)	焦
	Manila (Hokkien)	焦
	Chaozhou	焦
	Raoping	焦
	Shantou	焦
	Singapore (Teochew)	焦
	Wenchang	乾
	Qionghai	乾
	Singapore (Hainanese)	乾, 焦
Puxian Min	Putian	焦
	Xianyou	焦
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	乾
Wu	Shanghai	乾
	Shanghai (Chongming)	乾
	Suzhou	乾, 燥
	Danyang	乾
	Wenzhou	燥
Xiang	Changsha	乾
	Shuangfeng	乾, 燥

Dialectal synonyms of 乾 (“dry”) [map]

• (uninteresting):

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• 乏味 (fáwèi)
• 乾癟 / 干瘪 (gānbiě) (of writing)
• 俗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 單一 / 单一 (dānyī)
• 單調 / 单调 (dāndiào)
• 枯燥 (kūzào)
• 枯索 (kūsuǒ) (literary)
• 沒趣 / 没趣 (méiqù)
• 無俗 / 无俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 無味 / 无味 (wúwèi)
• 無局 / 无局 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 無想俗 / 无想俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 無聊 / 无聊 (wúliáo)
• 無藝 / 无艺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 無藝量 / 无艺量 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 無趣 / 无趣 (wúqù)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “dry”): 潮濕／潮湿 (cháoshī)
• (antonym(s) of “uninteresting”): 有趣 (yǒuqù), 有意思 (yǒuyìsi)

Noun

乾燥

1. desiccation

Verb

乾燥

1. to dry

Synonyms

• (literary or Min Nan) 焦燥 (jiāozào)

Derived terms

• 乾燥劑 / 干燥剂 (gānzàojì)
• 乾燥機 / 干燥机 (gānzàojī)
• 乾燥箱 / 干燥箱

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乾燥):

• → Japanese: 乾燥(かんそう) (kansō)
• → Korean: 건조(乾燥) (geonjo)

See also

• 乾枯／干枯 (gānkū)