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晾干 (liàng gān) — to air-dry (by hanging or spreading in the air)

Definition

verb
to air-dry (by hanging or spreading in the air)

Examples

  • 晾干。
    Xǐ wán yī fu yào liàng gān zài shōu.
    After washing clothes, you need to air-dry them before putting them away.
  • 晾干。
    Zhè xiē yào cái xū yào liàng gān hòu cái néng shǐ yòng.
    These medicinal herbs need to be air-dried before use.
  • 晾干。
    Bǎ shī máo jīn guà zài yáng tái shàng liàng gān.
    Hang the wet towel on the balcony to air-dry.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

晾liàngair-dry
干gāndry

“晾” (air-dry) brings “干” (dry), so something is dried by airing.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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The simplified 干 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (饼干, 干杯) it is 乾; in others (干, 干活儿) (干扰) it is 幹 or 干.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 乾; 干 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
乙乙yǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
倝
倝gàn乾gān
Same sound today
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Appears in
Cleaning & Chores

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