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干杯

gān bēi

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 乾杯

干杯 (gān bēi) means "to drink a toast". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 干杯 means

1. to drink a toast
2. Cheers! (proposing a toast)
3. Here's to you!
4. Bottoms up!
5. lit. dry cup

The characters in 干杯

• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 杯bēicup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

Example sentences

• 干杯！
  Gānbēi!
  Cheers!
• 干杯!
  Gānbēi!
  Cheers!
• 请诸位斟满酒，为新郎和新娘干杯！
  Qǐng zhūwèi zhēn mǎn jiǔ, wèi xīnláng hé xīnniáng gānbēi!
  Please charge your glasses and drink a toast to the bride and groom!

Where 干杯 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Dining & social customs (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gān bēi correctly.
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