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肝

gān

HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character Measure word 叶

肝 (gān) means "liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) ". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 肝 means

1. liver
2. slangto put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game)
3. (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy

Example sentences

• 她哭得肝肠寸断。
  Tā kū de gānchángcùnduàn.
  She cried her heart out.
• 她得了肝炎，难怪越来越瘦了。
  Tā déle gānyán, nánguài yuèláiyuè shòu le.
  She got hepatitis no wonder she is losing so much weight.
• 我在肝里留个只给你的地方，酒精。
  Wǒ zài gān lǐ liú gè zhǐ gěi nǐ de dìfang, jiǔjīng.
  I have a corner in my liver just for you, alcohol.
• 我在肝里给你留了个地方，酒精啊。
  I have a corner in my liver just for you, alcohol.

Words starting with 肝

• 肝炎gān yánhepatitis
• 肝病gān bìngliver disease
• 肝脏gān zàngliver
• 肝癌gān áiliver cancer
• 肝火gān huǒirascibility; irritability; (TCM) inflammation of the liver
• 肝硬化gān yìng huàcirrhosis
• 肝肠寸断gān cháng cùn duànlit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom); fig. grief-stricken
• 肝糖gān tángglycogen
• 肝吸虫gān xī chóngliver fluke
• 肝脑涂地gān nǎo tú dìto offer one's life in sacrifice
• 肝胆相照gān dǎn xiāng zhàoto treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
• 肝醣gān táng(Taiwan) glycogen

Words containing 肝

• 乙肝yǐ gānhepatitis B
• 心肝xīn gāndarling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity
• 甲肝jiǎ gānhepatitis A
• 肥肝féi gānfoie gras
• 动肝火dòng gān huǒto get angry
• 牛肝菌niú gān jùnporcino (Boletus edulis)
• 鱼肝油yú gān yóucod liver oil
• 丁型肝炎dīng xíng gān yánhepatitis D
• 己型肝炎jǐ xíng gān yánhepatitis F
• 巴心巴肝bā xīn bā gānwith all one's heart (dialect)
• 心肝宝贝xīn gān bǎo bèiprecious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
• 甲型肝炎jiǎ xíng gān yánhepatitis A
• 病毒性肝炎bìng dú xìng gān yánviral hepatitis
• 美味牛肝菌měi wèi niú gān jùnporcino (Boletus edulis)
• 乙型肝炎yǐ xíng gān yánhepatitis B
• 疏肝理气shū gān lǐ qìto course the liver and rectify 气
• 龙肝凤胆lóng gān fèng dǎnrare food; ambrosia (delicacy)
• 脂肪肝zhī fáng gānfatty liver
• 丙型肝炎bǐng xíng gān yánhepatitis C
• 鹅肝é gānfoie gras
• 驴肝肺lǘ gān fèi(lit.) a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent
• 披肝沥胆pī gān lì dǎn(idiom) to be completely honest and sincere; to show wholehearted loyalty
• 揪心扒肝jiū xīn bā gān(idiom) extremely anxious; anguished
• 戊型肝炎wù xíng gān yánhepatitis E

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
• 旱hàndrought
• 竿gān(bound form) pole; rod

Characters that look like 肝

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

• 纤xiānfine; delicate; minute
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder
• 秆gǎnstalks of grain
• 狞níngfierce-looking
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease

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
• 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

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gān correctly.
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