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杆

gǎn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 桿

What 杆 means

1. stick
2. pole
3. lever
4. classifier for long objects such as guns

Other readings

杆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gānpole; shaft

Example sentences

• 他在栏杆之后。
  He is behind the railing.
• 那是个坚固的栏杆。
  Nàshi gè jiāngù de lángān.
  This is a sturdy handrail.
• 枪杆子里面出政权。
  Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
• 我们的栏杆是铁做的。
  Wǒmen de lángān shì tiě zuò de.
  Our fence is made of iron.
• 他的单车撞上了栏杆。
  Tā de dānchē zhuàng shàng le lángān.
  His bike ran into a guard-rail.
• 那是一个很棒的推杆。
  Nàshi yī gè hěn bàng de tuīgān.
  That was an excellent putt.

Words starting with 杆

• 杆子gǎn zipole; stick; club
• 杆菌gǎn jūnbacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
• 杆弟gān dìcaddie (golf)
• 杆秤gǎn chènga steelyard (a type of balance)

Words containing 杆

• 杠杆gàng gǎnlever; pry bar; crowbar
• 栏杆lán gānrailing; banister
• 电线杆diàn xiàn gǎnelectric pole; telephone pole; lamppost
• 旗杆qí gānflagpole
• 枪杆子qiāng gǎn zigun barrel
• 腰杆yāo gǎn(a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight); (fig.) backing; support
• 桅杆wéi gānmast
• 标杆biāo gānsurveyor's pole; post (used for a landmark); (fig.) goal; model; benchmark
• 笔杆bǐ gǎnthe shaft of a pen or writing brush; (metonym) pen (as in 耍笔杆
• 笔杆子bǐ gǎn zipen; an effective writer
• 上杆shàng gānbackswing (golf)
• 切杆qiē gānchip (golf shot)
• 拉杆lā gāntension bar
• 挺杆tǐng gǎntappet (machine part)
• 推杆tuī gānpush rod or tappet (mechanics); putter (golf); to putt (golf)
• 挥杆huī gānswing (golf)
• 摇杆yáo gǎnjoystick
• 木杆mù gānwooden pole; wood (golf club)
• 枪杆qiāng gǎngun barrel
• 球杆qiú gānclub (golf); cue (billiards); also written 球杆
• 线杆xiàn gǎntelephone pole; utility pole
• 脚杆jiǎo gǎn(dialect) leg
• 螺杆luó gǎnscrew
• 铁杆tiě gǎniron rod; zealous; die-hard

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
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 旱hàndrought
• 竿gān(bound form) pole; rod

Characters that look like 杆

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

• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 抖dǒuto tremble; to shake out; to reveal
• 秆gǎnstalks of grain
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 杵chǔpestle; to poke
• 狎xiá(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously

Sounds the same

Read gǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 感to feel; to move; to touch
• 敢to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 赶to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 秆stalks of grain
• 擀to roll (dough etc)
• 橄used in 橄榄
• 澉place name; wash
• 鳡yellowcheek (Elopichthys bambusa)