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甘

gān

HSK 6 Character

What 甘 means

1. bound formsweet; pleasant (contrasted with {苦|kǔ}: bitter, unpleasant)
2. to be willing (to do sth)

Other readings

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

• Gānsurname Gan; short name for Gansu {甘肃|Gān sù}

Example sentences

• 苦尽甘来。
  Kǔ jìn gān lái.
  No sweet without sweat.
• 甘地是对的。
  Gāndì shì duì de.
  Gandhi was right.
• 甘蔗是甜的。
  Sugar cane is sweet.
• 你不要自甘堕落。
  Nǐ bù yào zìgānduòluò.
  You don't have to kick yourself.
• 他尝了尝羽衣甘蓝。
  He tasted the kale.
• 我甘心为你做任何事。
  Wǒ gānxīn wèi nǐ zuò rènhé shì.
  I'm ready to do anything for you.

Words starting with 甘

• 甘心gān xīnto be willing to; to resign oneself to
• 甘蔗gān zhesugar cane
• 甘愿gān yuànwillingly
• 甘肃省Gān sù ShěngGansu Province, capital Lanzhou 兰州市
• 甘甜gān tiánsweet
• 甘地Gān dì(Mahatma) Gandhi
• 甘草gān cǎolicorice root
• 甘于gān yúto be willing to; to be ready to; to be content with
• 甘苦gān kǔgood times and hardships; joys and tribulations; for better or for worse
• 甘味gān wèisweetness; sweet taste
• 甘油gān yóuglycerine; glycerol
• 甘蓝gān láncabbage; Chinese broccoli; gai larn
• 甘丹寺Gān dān sìGanden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê county 达孜县
• 甘南县Gān nán XiànGannan, a county in Qiqihar City 齐齐哈尔市
• 甘味剂gān wèi jìsweetener
• 甘味料gān wèi liàosweetener
• 甘州区Gān zhōu QūGanzhou, a district of Zhangye City 张掖市
• 甘巴里Gān bā lǐIbrahim Gambari (1944–), Nigerian diplomat and academic
• 甘德县Gān dé XiànGadê, a county in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 果洛藏族自治州
• 甘托克Gān tuō kèGantok, capital of Sikkim, India
• 甘比亚Gān bǐ yàGambia (Tw)
• 甘泉县Gān quán XiànGanquan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市
• 甘洛县Gān luò XiànGanluo, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 凉山彝族自治州
• 甘纳许gān nà xǔ(loanword) ganache

Words containing 甘

• 苦尽甘来kǔ jìn gān láibitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times…
• 不甘bù gānunreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling
• 心甘情愿xīn gān qíng yuàndelighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do
• 不甘示弱bù gān shì ruò(idiom) not to be outdone
• 不甘寂寞bù gān jì mòunwilling to remain lonely or idle; unwilling to be left out
• 同甘共苦tóng gān gòng kǔshared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows…
• 回甘huí gānto have a sweet aftertaste
• 心甘xīn gānto be willing; to be satisfied
• 肥甘féi gānfine foods
• 苦甘kǔ gānbitter sweet
• 不甘心bù gān xīnnot reconciled to; not resigned to
• 不甘于bù gān yúunwilling to accept; not content with (a subservient role, a mediocre result etc)
• 同甘苦tóng gān kǔto share joys and sorrows; sharing good times and hard times; same as 同甘共苦
• 野甘蓝yě gān lánEuropean wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
• 余甘子yú gān zǐIndian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
• 不甘人后bù gān rén hòu(idiom) not want to be outdone; not content to lag behind
• 不甘后人bù gān hòu rén(idiom) not want to be outdone; not content to lag behind
• 拉马特甘Lā mǎ tè GānRamat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
• 结球甘蓝jié qiú gān láncabbage
• 阿甘正传Ā gān Zhèng zhuànForrest Gump
• 善罢甘休shàn bà gān xiū(idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down…
• 紫甘蓝zǐ gān lánred cabbage; purple cabbage
• 羽衣甘蓝yǔ yī gān lánkale
• 自甘堕落zì gān duò luòto abandon oneself (idiom); to let oneself go

Characters that look like 甘

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

• 世shìlife; age; generation
• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台
• 毋wú(literary) no; don't; to not have

Sounds the same

Read gān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 干dry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 尴used in 尴尬
• 肝liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 杆(bound form) pole; shaft
• 竿(bound form) pole; rod
• 柑large tangerine
• 苷licorice; glycoside
• 咁so (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 这样
• 酐anhydride
• 坩crucible
• 矸used in 矸石
• 泔slop from rinsing rice