干净

Character by character

• 干gàn3 strokesHSK 1 traditional 乾oppose, offend; invade; dried
• 净jìng8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 凈clean, pure; cleanse

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我会弄干净的。

  Wǒ huì nòng gān jìng de

  I'll clean up.

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• 你的房间真干净。

  Nǐ de fáng jiān zhēn gān jìng

  Your room is really clean.

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• 这张桌子是干净的。

  Zhè zhāng zhuō zi shì gān jìng de

  This table is clean.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 干净. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 干gànHSK 1

  tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed

• 干什么gàn shén meHSK 1

  what are you doing?; what's he up to?

• 干脆gān cuìHSK 5

  candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well

• 干扰gān rǎoHSK 5

  to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics)

• 净jìngHSK 6

  clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role

• 干吗gàn máHSK 3

  see 干嘛

• 干涉gān shèHSK 6

  to interfere; to meddle; interference

• 饼干bǐng gānHSK 5

  biscuit; cracker; cookie

• 干预gān yùHSK 5

  to meddle; to intervene; intervention

• 干燥gān zàoHSK 7

  to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); desiccation; dull; uninteresting; arid

• 净化jìng huàHSK 7

  to purify

• 若干ruò gānHSK 7

  a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?

• 干部gàn bùHSK 7

  cadre; official; officer; manager

• 干旱gān hànHSK 7

  drought; arid; dry

• 干杯gān bēiHSK 2

  to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup

• 干劲gàn jìn

  enthusiasm for doing sth

• 能干néng gànHSK 4

  capable; competent

• 洁净jié jìngHSK 7

  clean; to cleanse

• 烘干hōng gānHSK 7

  to dry over a stove

• 干事gàn shiHSK 7

  administrator; executive secretary

• 骨干gǔ gànHSK 7

  diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone

• 才干cái gàn

  ability; competence

• 一干二净yī gān èr jìngHSK 7

  thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean

• 纯净水chún jìng shuǐHSK 4

  purified water