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旱

hàn

HSK 6 Character

What 旱 means

1. drought

Example sentences

• 你滑旱冰吗？
  Do you rollerblade?
• 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.
• 发生旱灾的时候，农民很难维持生计。
  Fāshēng hànzāi de shíhou, nóngmín hěn nán wéichí shēngjì.
  During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.
• 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.
• 獾行进时步伐稳定，身体压得很低、贴近地面；旱獭则尤其在兴奋时会疾奔，身体呈波浪状起伏摆动。
  The badger travels steadily, with its body very low and close to the ground; the marmot, especially when excited, gallops along, with undulatory movements of the body.

Words starting with 旱

• 旱烟hàn yāntobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
• 旱冰hàn bīngroller skating
• 旱季hàn jìdry season
• 旱情hàn qíngdrought conditions
• 旱灾hàn zāidrought
• 旱象hàn xiàngdrought
• 旱厕hàn cèpit toilet
• 旱金莲hàn jīn liángarden nasturtium; Tropaeolum majus
• 旱伞hàn sǎn(dialect) parasol
• 旱鸭子hàn yā zinon-swimmer
• 旱涝保收hàn lào bǎo shōuto provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood; to bring a stable income
• 旱獭hàn tǎmarmot
• 旱魃hàn bádrought demon

Words containing 旱

• 干旱gān hàndrought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry
• 天旱tiān hàndrought
• 抗旱kàng hàndrought-resistant; to weather a drought
• 荒旱huāng hàndrought and famine
• 干旱土gān hàn tǔaridisol (soil taxonomy)
• 滑旱冰huá hàn bīng(roller)blading; roller skating; inline skating
• 溜旱冰liū hàn bīngroller blading (sport)
• 大旱望云霓dà hàn wàng yún ní(lit.) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)…
• 亢旱kàng hànsevere drought (literary)
• 大旱之望云霓dà hàn zhī wàng yún nísee 大旱望云霓

Characters built on 干

These share the phonetic component 干 (gān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 南nánsouth
• 汗hànperspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 刊kānto print; to publish; publication
• 罕hǎnrare
• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 竿gān(bound form) pole; rod

Characters that look like 旱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 羊yángsheep; goat
• 苹píng(artemisia); duckweed
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 孚fúto trust; to believe in
• 阜fùabundant; mound

Sounds the same

Read hàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 汉man
• 汗perspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 憾regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
• 捍to ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend
• 撼to shake; to vibrate
• 翰writing brush; writing; pen
• 悍heroic; intrepid; valiant
• 焊to weld; to braze; to solder
• 菡lotus blossom
• 瀚ocean; vastness
• 颔chin; to nod (one's assent)
• 螒Aulacophora femoralis