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The Chinese word ganzao - 干燥 - gānzào
(dry in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
gānzào
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English translations
dry, dull,
arid, uninteresting
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干燥 ( ganzao / gānzào ) in traditional characters
幹燥
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 干燥 ( ganzao / gānzào ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Beifang de dongtian hen ganzao.
Běifāng de dōngtiān hěn gānzào.– English translation: Winters in the north are very dry.
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
fire | also: dried
More words that mean dry in Chinese
gān ( 干 )
More words that mean dull in Chinese
móhu ( 模糊 )
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