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 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 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) 烘干 烘乾 hōng gān to dry over a stove 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] 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 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 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 干咳 乾咳 gān ké to cough without phlegm / a dry cough syn 干粉 乾粉 gān fěn dry powder 擦干 擦乾 cā gān to wipe dry 晒干 曬乾 shài gān to dry in the sun 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 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 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 干眼症 乾眼症 gān yǎn zhèng (medicine) xerophthalmia / dry eye syndrome 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 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 糗 qiǔ dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment 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 焙 bèi to dry over a fire / to bake syn 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 白板笔 白板筆 bái bǎn bǐ whiteboard marker / dry-erase marker 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 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 餱 hóu dry provisions 塥 gé dry clay lump 垲 塏 kǎi dry terrain 唾面自干 唾面自乾 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation 烈火干柴 烈火乾柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers 羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 羹藜唅糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 堭 huáng a dry moat outside a city wall / a dry ditch 干透 乾透 gān tòu to dry out / to dry completely 干坑式厕所 dry-pit latrine / dry pit 陆港 陸港 dry port / inland dry port 㫰 làng (dialect) to dry (sth) in the sun / to dry (sth) in the air 蔋 dí dry / scorched 暵 hàn dry / hot 熯 hàn to dry with fire 帣 juàn a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure) 熇 kǎo dry 晞 xī dawn / to dry in the sun 凅 gù dried up / dry / exhausted / tired 灴 hóng to bake, to roast / to dry at a fire 晅 xuān light of the sun / to dry in the sun 斞 yǔ dry measure equivalent to 16 斗[dou3] or 160 liters 干煸土豆丝 乾煸土豆絲 gān biān tǔ dòu sī dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish) 干馏 乾餾 gān liú to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization 升斗 shēng dǒu liter and decaliter dry measure / (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff 口干舌燥 口乾舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom) / to talk too much 摊晒 攤曬 tān shài to lay sth out to dry 洗剪吹 xǐ jiǎn chuī shampoo, haircut and blow-dry 流干 流乾 liú gān to drain / to run dry 焙干 焙乾 bèi gān to dry over a fire / to roast 焙煎 bèi jiān to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc) / to torrefy 畑 tián used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc / dry field (i.e. not paddy field) 眼干症 眼乾症 yǎn gān zhèng (medicine) xerophthalmia / dry eye syndrome 稾 gǎo variant of 槁 / dry / rotten (wood) 干井 dry well 国际干旱地区农业研究中心 International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas 亚洲干燥林区域倡议 Dry Forest Asia Initiative 干硅盐酸.过滤 幹矽鹽酸.過濾 dry ceramic filtration 旱地耕作 dry-land cultivation 旱地栽培 dry-land cultivation 干草原社区 dry grassland community 撒哈拉以南非洲干旱地区倡议 Dry-Zone Sub-Saharan Africa initiative 