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干枯

gān kū

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 乾枯

干枯 (gān kū) means "withered; shriveled; dried-up". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 干枯 means

1. withered; shriveled; dried-up

The characters in 干枯

• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring

Example sentences

• 花儿都干枯了。
  The flowers have all withered.
• 由于缺水，许多植物干枯了。
  Yóuyú quēshuǐ, xǔduō zhíwù gānkū le.
  Due to the lack of water, many of the plants have withered.

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