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竿

gān

Character

What 竿 means

1. bound formpole; rod

Example sentences

• 立竿见影。
  Lìgānjiànyǐng.
  The shadow of the stick is visible.
• 我喜欢这个工作因为它立竿见影，让人很有成就感。
  Wǒ xǐhuan zhège gōngzuò yīnwèi tā lìgānjiànyǐng, ràng rén hěn yǒuchéng jiù gǎn.
  I like this work because you see the result immediately; it's very rewarding.
• 虽然我行过死荫的幽谷，也不怕遭害， 因为你与我同在；你的杖，你的竿，都安慰我。
  Suīrán wǒ xíng guo sǐ yìn de yōugǔ, yě bù pà zāo hài, yīnwèi nǐ yǔ wǒ tóngzài; nǐ de zhàng, nǐ de gān, dōu ānwèi wǒ.
  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
• 我虽然行过死荫的幽谷，也不怕遭害，因为你与我同在；你的杖，你的竿，都让我安心。
  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Words starting with 竿

• 竿子gān zibamboo pole
• 竿头gān tóubamboo pole's uppermost tip; (fig.) acme

Words containing 竿

• 竹竿zhú gānbamboo pole
• 立竿见影lì gān jiàn yǐng(lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); (fig.) to get instant results
• 钓竿diào gānfishing rod
• 北竿Běi gānPeikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Peikan township in Lienchiang county 连江县
• 南竿Nán gānNankan Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county…
• 标竿biāo gānbenchmark; pole serving as mark or symbol; pole with a trophy hung on it
• 滑竿huá gāna kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles
• 爬竿pá gānpole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act); climbing pole
• 球竿qiú gāncue (billiards); club (golf); stick (hockey)
• 马竿mǎ gānlasso pole; blind man's stick; white stick
• 鱼竿yú gānfishing rod
• 撑竿跳chēng gān tiàopole vault
• 钓鱼竿diào yú gānfishing rod
• 撑竿跳高chēng gān tiào gāopole vault
• 百尺竿头bǎi chǐ gān tóuto be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
• 八竿子打不着bā gān zi dǎ bù zháo(colloquial) unrelated; lacking any connection
• 百尺竿头，更进一步bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bùlit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)…

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…
• 旱hàndrought

Characters that look like 竿

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

• 苹píng(artemisia); duckweed
• 茅máoreeds; rushes
• 笋sǔnbamboo shoot
• 隼sǔnfalcon; Taiwan pr. zhǔn
• 莘shēnlong; numerous

Sounds the same

Read gān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 干dry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 甘(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦; to be willing (to do sth)
• 尴used in 尴尬
• 肝liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 杆(bound form) pole; shaft
• 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