海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 葡萄干 葡萄乾 pú tao gān raisin / dried grape 虾米 蝦米 xiā mǐ small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5]) syn 乳臭未干 乳臭未乾 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears syn 枯竭 kū jié used up / dried up / exhausted (of resources) syn 干枯 乾枯 gān kū withered / shriveled / dried-up syn 干瘪 乾癟 gān biě dried out / wizened / shriveled syn 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 陈皮 陳皮 chén pí dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) 干果 乾果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc) 干货 乾貨 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3fen4]) 紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori 枯干 枯乾 kū gān dried up / shriveled / withered 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 眼屎 yǎn shǐ sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn 肉松 肉鬆 ròu sōng meat floss / shredded dried pork syn 干贝 乾貝 gān bèi conpoy / dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop) syn 牛肉干 牛肉乾 niú ròu gān dried beef / jerky / charqui 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 腐竹 fǔ zhú rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated) 虾皮 蝦皮 xiā pí small dried shrimp syn 干菜 乾菜 gān cài dried vegetable 苍术 蒼術 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) 柿饼 柿餅 shì bǐng dried persimmon 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 菸 yū to wither / dried leaves / faded / withered 腊 xī dried meat / also pr. [xi2] syn 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 脯 fǔ dried meat / preserved fruit syn 冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens 紫河车 紫河車 zǐ hé chē (TCM) dried human placenta (used as medicine) syn 槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree 脩 xiū dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried / withered 鲞 鯗 xiǎng dried fish syn 眵 chī (bound form) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn 膴 hū big piece of meat / dried meat 冢中枯骨 塚中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ dried bones in burial mound (idiom) / dead and buried 臈 là dried meat 大溪豆干 大溪豆乾 dà xī dòu gān dried tofu made in Daxi, a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan famous for its dried tofu 豆干[dou4gan1] 口足目 kǒu zú mù Stomatopoda, order of marine crustaceans (whose members are called mantis shrimps) 醉虾 醉蝦 zuì xiā drunken shrimp (Chinese dish based on shrimps marinated in Chinese wine) 腶 duàn dried meat 腒 jū dried poultry 鱐 sù dried fish 胏 zǐ dried meat with bone 干姜 乾薑 gān jiāng dried ginger 凅 gù dried up / dry / exhausted / tired 薧 kǎo dried food 班纪德 班紀德 bān jì dé pancetta (Italian belly) / salted spiced dried pork belly 眼眵 yǎn chī sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn 耿饼 耿餅 gěng bǐng dried persimmon (from Geng village, Heze 荷澤|荷泽, Shandong) 藁草 gǎo cǎo hay / dried grass 豆皮 dòu pí dried beancurd (tofu) 鱼松 魚鬆 yú sōng fish floss / crisp and flaky shredded dried fish 鼻屎 bí shǐ booger / dried nasal mucus 乌鱼子 烏魚子 wū yú zǐ mullet roe (salted and dried) / bottarga 脱脂奶粉 tuō zhī nǎi fěn dried buttermilk 冻干疫苗 freeze-dried vaccine 干果标准化专家会议 幹果標準化專家會議 Meeting of Experts on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (Fruit) 干燥至恒重 幹燥至恒重 dried to constant weight 鲞鱼 鯗魚 xiǎng yú dried fish syn 干儿 乾兒 gān r dried food 南枣 南棗 nán zǎo dried jujubes 肉脯 ròu fǔ dried meat 元肉 yuán ròu dried longan pulp 枳实 枳實 zhǐ shí dried fruit of immature citron or trifoliate orange (used in TCM) 柴鱼片 柴魚片 chái yú piàn katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna) 毛茶 máo chá unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea syn 眵目糊 chī mu hū (dialect) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) 菜脯 cài pú dried, pickled white radish 涸辙之鲋 涸轍之鮒 hé zhé zhī fù lit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom) / fig. a person in dire straits syn 鼻垢 bí gòu dried nasal mucus / booger 干叶 乾葉 gān yè dried leaf 蚝豉 蠔豉 háo chǐ dried oyster meat 辣条 辣條 là tiáo spicy sticks, a snack food similar to beef jerky but made with flour or dried beancurd instead of meat 土墼 tǔ jī sun-dried mudbrick / adobe brick 泡发 泡發 pào fā to reconstitute (dried mushrooms, seaweed etc) 地瓜干 地瓜乾 dì guā gān dried sweet potato slices 梅干菜 梅乾菜 méi gān cài salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc) 菜脯 cài fǔ dried, pickled white radish 豆干 豆乾 dòu gān pressed tofu / dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish) 