乾
乾 in English
- surname Qian / strong / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 representing sky / male principle
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
How it used to be written
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 7 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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Tatoeba:加入黑暗的一面。我们有巧克力饼乾。
Tatoeba: Join the dark side. We have chocolate cookies.
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他穿上了乾淨的褲子。
He put on clean trousers.
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你的手乾净吗？
Are your hands clean?
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我的袜子已经乾了吗？
Are my socks dry already?
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是谁把饼乾都给吃了？
Who has eaten all the cookies?
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跟我女友肛交后，我们一般需要把自己洗乾净。
After having anal sex with my girlfriend, we usually need to have a good wash.
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這口井乾涸了。
The well has run dry.
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雨水是乾净的。
Rainwater is clean.