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干旱

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HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 乾旱

What 干旱 means

1. drought
2. (of land, climate etc) arid; dry

The characters in 干旱

• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 旱hàndrought

Example sentences

• 这是三十年代以来最干旱的六月。
  Zhè shì sānshí niándài yǐlái zuì gānhàn de Liùyuè.
  This has been the driest six months in thirty years.
• 去年那个地区遭受了60年来最严重的干旱。
  Qùnián nàge dìqū zāoshòu le 60 niánlái zuì yánzhòng de gānhàn.
  Last year the region was visited by the worst drought in 60 years.

Words starting with 干旱

• 干旱土gān hàn tǔaridisol (soil taxonomy)