Chinese Word: 甘 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

甘HSK 6

Pinyin: gān

English Definition: sweet; willing

Chinese Definition:
①甜，味道好：甘甜。甘苦。甘冽。甘落。甘之如饴。同甘共苦。甘旨(美味的食物)。
②美好：甘雨(适时而有益于农事的雨)。甘霖。
③自愿，乐意：甘愿。甘拜下风。
④姓氏。

Antonyms: 苦

Total strokes: 5; Radical: 甘

Ideographic: Picture of a tongue with 一 marking the sweet spot

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甘肃	gān sù	Gansu province, abbr. 甘
甘心	gān xīn	to be willing to; to resign oneself to
不甘	bù gān	unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling
甘于	gān yú	to be willing to; to be ready to; to be content with; accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)
心甘情愿	xīn gān qíng yuàn	delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do	HSK 6

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1		jīng dōng shāng chéng 京东商城 yě 也 bù gān luò hòu 不甘落后。 Jingdong mall also unwilling to lag behind.
2		tā 她 yī lù zǒu lái 一路走来， kǔ jìn gān lái 苦尽甘来 de 的 gǎn jué 感觉 ràng 让 tā 她 gǎn dào 感到 qián tú wú liàng 前途无量。 As she walked all the way, the feeling of "bitterness turns to sweetness" made her feel that the future was limitless.
3		wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 kàn diàn yǐng 看电影， bǐ rú 比如《 ā gān zhèng zhuàn 阿甘正传》、《 tài tǎn ní kè hào 泰坦尼克号》、《 měi lì rén shēng 美丽人生》 děng 等。 I like watching movies, such as "Forrest Gump", "Titanic", "Life is Beautiful", etc.