乾

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

CEDICT

dialect

Homographs

乹 qián old variant of 乾 qián
乹 gān old variant of 乾 gān
乾 Qián surname Qian
乾 qián
  1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing heaven
  2. male principle
  3. ☰
  4. ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
乾 Gān surname Gan
亁 qián variant of 乾 qián
亁 gān variant of 乾 gān
干 Gān surname Gan
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
幹 gàn
  1. tree trunk
  2. main part of sth
  3. to manage
  4. to work
  5. to do
  6. capable
  7. cadre
  8. to kill (slang)
  9. to fuck (vulgar)
  10. (coll.) pissed off
  11. annoyed