干吗

Character by character

• 干gàn3 strokesHSK 1 traditional 乾oppose, offend; invade; dried
• 吗ma6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 嗎final interrogative particle

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

Words with the same characters

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

• 吗maHSK 1

  (question particle for "yes-no" questions)

• 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

• 干净gān jìngHSK 1

  clean; neat

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 干活儿gàn huó rHSK 2

  erhua variant of 干活; (coll.) to work; (coll.) to be employed

• 干戈gān gēHSK 7

  weapons of war; arms

• 说干就干shuō gàn jiù gànHSK 7

  to do what needs to be done, without delay