干女儿

乾女兒
gānnǚér
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

CEDICT

称谓。对所认女儿的称呼。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

干女儿 gānnǚ'ěr

Entry Composition

=1 干 gān old variant of 干 gān
=1 干 gān
  1. dry
  2. dried food
  3. empty; hollow
  4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. futile; in vain
  6. (dialect) rude; blunt
  7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder
=1 干 gān variant of 干 gān
=1 干 gān
  1. (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
  2. one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 tiāngān
  3. (archaic) shield
2 女儿 nǚér daughter

Related entries

义女 yìnǚ adopted daughter
养女 yǎngnǚ adopted daughter