焙乾

简 焙干 · 繁 焙乾
Mandarin · pinyin bèi gān

Meanings

  1. to dry over a fire
  2. to roast
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焙
bèi · dry over slow fire; bake; roast
乾
qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
干
gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
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4–1 · bei4 gan1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bui6 gon1

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