山 shān mountain / hill (CL:座[zuo4]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on syn 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 旋转 旋轉 xuán zhuǎn to rotate / to revolve / to spin / to whirl syn 兜风 兜風 dōu fēng to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air 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) 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise 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 打转 打轉 dǎ zhuàn to spin / to rotate / to revolve syn 化妆师 化妝師 huà zhuāng shī make-up artist / (fig.) spin doctor / reputation manager 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 搜刮 sōu guā to rake in (money) / to plunder / to milk people dry syn 作茧自缚 作繭自縛 zuò jiǎn zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard 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 抽丝 抽絲 chōu sī to spin silk syn 干咳 乾咳 gān ké to cough without phlegm / a dry cough syn 纺纱 紡紗 fǎng shā to spin (cotton, wool etc) / spinning 干粉 乾粉 gān fěn dry powder 自旋 zì xuán (physics) spin (of a particle) 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) 结网 結網 jié wǎng to spin a web (spider) / to weave a net (e.g. for fishing) 饲养场 飼養場 sì yǎng chǎng farm / feed lot / dry lot 纺丝 紡絲 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature 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 绩 績 jì to spin (hemp etc) / merit / accomplishment / Taiwan pr. [ji1] syn 纺 紡 fǎng to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric 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 摆龙门阵 擺龍門陣 bǎi lóng mén zhèn (dialect) to chat / to gossip / to spin a yarn syn 动感单车 動感單車 dòng gǎn dān chē spin class / indoor cycling class (a type of group fitness class) / exercise bike used in such a class / spin bike 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 来复线 來復線 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet) 餱 hóu dry provisions 塥 gé dry clay lump 吐丝自缚 吐絲自縛 tǔ sī zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard 抽丝剥茧 抽絲剝繭 chōu sī bāo jiǎn lit. to spin silk from cocoons / fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom) 造茧自缚 造繭自縛 zào jiǎn zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard 头昏脑眩 頭昏腦眩 tóu hūn nǎo xuàn dizzying / it makes one's head spin 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 脱离母公司的公司 spin-off company / spin-off 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 核自旋 hé zì xuán nuclear spin 旋转球 旋轉球 xuán zhuǎn qiú spin ball 翻卷 fān juǎn to spin / to whirl around 蚕蔟 蠶蔟 cán cù small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on 飞转 飛轉 fēi zhuàn to spin rapidly / to whirl around / (of time) to fly by 电子自旋共振 電子自旋共振 diàn zǐ zì xuán gòng zhèn electron spin resonance 附带利益 附帶利益 fù dài lì yì spin-off 