乾
qián
dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly gene...
- Strokes
- 11
- Level
- TOCFL Level 1
- Frequency
- No. 3,822
- Traditional
- 亁
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What 乾 means
old variant of 乾; surname Qian; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰; ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest); variant of 乾
Ideographic: Rays 十 emanating from the 日; 乞 provides the pronunciation
Words with 乾
- 乾坤qián kūnyin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
- 乾旦qián dànmale actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
- 扭转乾坤niǔ zhuǎn qián kūnlit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events; to turn things around
- 旋乾转坤xuán qián zhuǎn kūnlit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change
- 朝乾夕惕zhāo qián xī tìcautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
- 康乾盛世kāng qián shèng shìbooming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
- 乾陵qián língQianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
- 竺乾zhú qiánBuddha (archaic); Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
- 乾隆qián lóngthe Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 宝亲王, personal name 弘历, reigned 1735–1799
- 萧乾xiāo qiánXiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
- 乾安县qián ān xiànQian'an, a county in Songyuan City 松原市, Jilin
- 乾县qián xiànQian County in Xianyang 咸阳, Shaanxi
乾 in a sentence
nǐ bù kě néng chī wán suǒ yǒu de bǐng qián 。
You cannot eat all the cookies.
wǒ xū yào yì bǎ qián jìng de chā zi 。
I need a clean fork.
qǐng qǔ huí wǒ qián xǐ de yī fu 。
Please pick up my dry cleaning.
zhè kǒu jǐng qián hé le 。
The well has run dry.
wǒ bù zhī dào gāi zěn mó huí dá ， biàn qián cuì shèn mó yě bù shuō 。
Not knowing what answer to make, I kept silent.