干杯 乾杯 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 面子 miàn zi (medicinal) powder syn 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 脱水 脫水 tuō shuǐ to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 干洗 乾洗 gān xǐ to dry clean / dry cleaning 枯燥 kū zào dry and dull / uninteresting / tedious syn 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) 白粉 bái fěn face powder / chalk powder / heroin syn 烘干 烘乾 hōng gān to dry over a stove 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) 干旱 乾旱 gān hàn drought / arid / dry syn 禁酒 jìn jiǔ prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law 干冰 乾冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 干涸 乾涸 gān hé to dry up syn 火枪 火槍 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm) 洗衣粉 xǐ yī fěn laundry detergent / washing powder 爽身粉 shuǎng shēn fěn baby powder / talcum powder syn 搜刮 sōu guā to rake in (money) / to plunder / to milk people dry syn 晾干 晾乾 liàng gān to dry (sth) by airing 化妆室 化妝室 huà zhuāng shì dressing room / powder room / (Tw) toilets 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 干巴巴 乾巴巴 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid syn 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 干果 乾果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc) 索然 suǒ rán dull / dry syn 红粉 紅粉 hóng fěn rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex syn 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 干渴 乾渴 gān kě parched / dry mouth syn 海枯石烂 海枯石爛 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time syn 火药桶 火藥桶 huǒ yào tǒng powder keg 粉盒 fěn hé (cosmetics) powder box / compact 可可粉 kě kě fěn cocoa powder 香粉 xiāng fěn face powder / talcum powder syn 干咳 乾咳 gān ké to cough without phlegm / a dry cough syn 粉扑 粉撲 fěn pū powder puff (cosmetics) 剂型 劑型 jì xíng delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc) 擦干 擦乾 cā gān to wipe dry 晒干 曬乾 shài gān to dry in the sun 粉饼 粉餅 fěn bǐng pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) / compact powder 鸡精 雞精 jī jīng chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw) 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 断流 斷流 duàn liú to run dry (of river) 枯草 kū cǎo withered grass / dry grass 吹干 吹乾 chuī gān to blow-dry 碳化 tàn huà to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization 粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 细粉 細粉 xì fěn powder 散粉 sǎn fěn loose powder (makeup) 饲养场 飼養場 sì yǎng chǎng farm / feed lot / dry lot 阴干 陰乾 yīn gān to dry in the shade 散剂 散劑 sǎn jì powder medicine syn 齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn 干眼症 乾眼症 gān yǎn zhèng (medicine) xerophthalmia / dry eye syndrome 丹 dān red / pellet / powder / cinnabar syn 松 鬆 sōng loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) syn 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 沙 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia syn 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 晒 曬 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn 炮 bāo to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating syn 末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn 霜 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn 糗 qiǔ dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 晾 liàng to dry in the air / (fig.) to cold-shoulder syn 燥 zào dry / parched / impatient / vexed / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat syn 搽 chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on syn 撮 cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 焙 bèi to dry over a fire / to bake syn 咖喱粉 gā lí fěn curry powder 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn 末子 mò zi powder / dust syn 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 绵白糖 綿白糖 mián bái táng sugar powder 白板笔 白板筆 bái bǎn bǐ whiteboard marker / dry-erase marker 黑火药 hēi huǒ yào black powder 牙粉 yá fěn tooth powder 泡打粉 pào dǎ fěn baking powder 毒奶粉 dú nǎi fěn poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] 发粉 發粉 fā fěn baking powder syn 白鹤梁 白鶴梁 bái hè liáng White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings 涸 hé to dry / to dry up 隍 huáng dry moat / god of city 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) syn 笾 籩 biān bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 糇 餱 hóu dry provisions 澌 sī drain dry / to exhaust 干爽 乾爽 gān shuǎng dry and clean / clear and fresh 碎末 suì mò flecks / particles / bits / fine powder syn 金鸡纳霜 金雞納霜 jīn jī nà shuāng quinine powder syn 肥皂粉 féi zào fěn washing powder 末儿 末兒 mò r powder / puree syn 