白干

白幹
báigàn

to do something in vain; to do something for nothing; to do something for free

Wiktionary

Homographs

白干 báigān

Entry Composition

=1 白 Bái surname Bai
=1 白 bái
  1. white
  2. snowy
  3. pure
  4. bright
  5. empty
  6. blank
  7. plain
  8. clear
  9. to make clear
  10. in vain
  11. gratuitous
  12. free of charge
  13. reactionary
  14. anti-communist
  15. funeral
  16. to stare coldly
  17. to write wrong character
  18. to state
  19. to explain
  20. vernacular
  21. spoken lines in opera
=2 干 gān old variant of 干 gān
=2 干 Gān surname Gan
=2 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
=2 干 gān variant of 干 gān
=2 干 Gān surname Gan
=2 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 干 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
=2 干 gàn
  1. (～江, ～水) Gan River (a river in Jiangxi, China)
  2. Alternative name for 江西 (Jiāngxī, “Jiangxi, a province of China.”).
  3. Gan River (a river in Jiangxi, China)
  4. Gan; Gan Chinese

Containing this entry

白干儿 báigānr
  1. alcoholic spirit
  2. strong white rice wine
白干酪 báigānlào