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幹
简 干 · 繁 幹Mandarin · pinyin gàn
Meanings
- tree trunk
- main part of sth
- to manage
- to work
- to do
- capable
- cadre
- to kill (slang)
- to fuck (vulgar)
- (coll.) pissed off
- annoyed
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4 · gan4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gon3 · hon4
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character · Etymology 1
- main part of something; body; trunk
- (colloquial) to do
- to work
- (vulgar) to fuck; to engage in sexual intercourse
- (vulgar) to kill
- (vulgar, chiefly Taiwan) to steal
- (vulgar, chiefly Taiwan) to blame; to condemn
- (Taiwan, vulgar, colloquial) Expressing dismay or discontent.
- (dialectal Mandarin) to sort someone out
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