| 1 | 干 | 乾 | gān | Gan1 | dry; clean; in vain; dried food; foster; adoptive; to ignore; to concern; to interfere; shield; stem; old variant of 干 ; variant of 干 ; surname Gan | | |
| 2 | 干涉 | 干涉 | gān shè | gan1 she4 | to interfere; to meddle; interference | | |
| 3 | 干扰 | 干擾 | gān rǎo | gan1 rao3 | to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics) | | |
| 4 | 干燥 | 乾燥 | gān zào | gan1 zao4 | to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); desiccation; dull; uninteresting; arid | | |
| 5 | 干净 | 乾淨 | gān jìng | gan1 jing4 | clean; neat | | |
| 6 | 干旱 | 乾旱 | gān hàn | gan1 han4 | drought; arid; dry | | |
| 7 | 干脆 | 乾脆 | gān cuì | gan1 cui4 | straightforward; clear-cut; blunt (e.g. statement); you might as well; simply | | |
| 8 | 干预 | 干預 | gān yù | gan1 yu4 | variant of 干预 ; to meddle; to intervene; intervention | | |
| 9 | 干粮 | 乾糧 | gān liáng | gan1 liang2 | rations (to take on expedition) | | |
| 10 | 干打雷,不下雨 | 乾打雷,不下雨 | gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ | gan1 da3 lei2 , bu4 xia4 yu3 | all thunder but no rain (idiom); a lot of noise but no action | | |
| 11 | 干巴巴 | 乾巴巴 | gān bā bā | gan1 ba1 ba1 | dry; parched; dull; insipid | | |
| 12 | 干扁豆角 | 干扁豆角 | gān biǎn dòu jiǎo | gan1 bian3 dou4 jiao3 | green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish | | |
| 13 | 干饭 | 乾飯 | gān fàn | gan1 fan4 | cooked and dried rice | | |
| 14 | 干儿子 | 乾兒子 | gān ér zi | gan1 er2 zi5 | adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | | |
| 15 | 干儿 | 乾兒 | gān ér | gan1 er2 | adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | | |
| 16 | 干宝 | 干寶 | gān bǎo | Gan1 Bao3 | Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神记 | | |
| 17 | 干支 | 干支 | gān zhī | gan1 zhi1 | the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 ; sexagenary cycle | | |
| 18 | 干等 | 乾等 | gān děng | gan1 deng3 | to wait in vain; to sit around waiting | | |
| 19 | 干打垒 | 乾打壘 | gān dǎ lěi | gan1 da3 lei3 | rammed earth; adobe house | | |
| 20 | 干脆利索 | 乾脆利索 | gān cuì lì suo | gan1 cui4 li4 suo5 | see 干脆利落 | | |
| 21 | 干贝 | 乾貝 | gān bèi | gan1 bei4 | conpoy; dried scallop | | |
| 22 | 干煸 | 乾煸 | gān biān | gan1 bian1 | to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water) | | |
| 23 | 干草 | 乾草 | gān cǎo | gan1 cao3 | hay | | |
| 24 | 干菜 | 乾菜 | gān cài | gan1 cai4 | dried vegetable | | |
| 25 | 干冰 | 乾冰 | gān bīng | gan1 bing1 | dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2); Classifiers: 块 | | |