干燥 meaning in English
(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry
Meaning of 干燥
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
gānzào
- (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
干燥 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
这是片干燥地区，几乎是一片荒漠。
It is an arid region, almost a desert.
这里的夏天很潮湿，另外，冬天很干燥。
It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.
寒冷干燥，灿烂的阳光，多么美丽的冬日天气!
Cold and dry, splendid sunshine, what beautiful winter weather!
Stroke order for each character
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干 gān · dry · 3 strokes
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燥 zào · arid · 17 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 干燥.
| 干什么 | gàn shénme | what are you doing?; what's he up to? |
| 干净 | gānjìng | clean; neat |
| 干杯 | gānbēi | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast) |
| 干活儿 | gànhuór | erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2] |
| 干吗 | gànmá | variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2] |
| 能干 | nénggàn | capable; competent |
| 饼干 | bǐnggān | biscuit; cracker; cookie |
| 干脆 | gāncuì | candid; direct and to the point |
| 干扰 | gānrǎo | to disturb; to interfere |
| 干预 | gānyù | to meddle; to intervene |
| 干涉 | gānshè | to interfere; to meddle |
| 干旱 | gānhàn | drought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry |
Questions about 干燥
What does 干燥 mean?
干燥 (gānzào) means "(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 干燥?
干燥 is made of 2 characters: 干 (3 strokes), 燥 (17 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.
Is 干燥 an HSK word?
Yes. 干燥 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 干燥 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 干燥 is written 乾燥.