乾燥

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See also: 干燥

Chinese

dry; clean; male
dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname
 
 dry; parched; impatient
trad. (乾燥) 乾 燥
simp. (干燥) 干 燥

Pronunciation

Adjective

乾燥

  1. dry; arid
    皮膚乾燥／皮肤干燥  ―  pífū gānzào  ―  dry skin
  2. uninteresting; dull

Synonyms

  • (dry):
Dialectal synonyms of 乾 (“dry”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 乾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 乾
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 乾
Taiwan 乾
Malaysia 乾
Singapore 乾
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 乾
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 乾
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 乾
Xi'an 乾
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 乾
Wuhan 乾, 乾燥, 乾迸
Guiyang 乾
Guilin 乾
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 乾
Yangzhou 乾
Hefei 乾
Cantonese Guangzhou 乾
Hong Kong 乾
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 燥
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 燥
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 燥
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 乾
Macau 乾
Guangzhou (Panyu) 乾
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 乾
Guangzhou (Conghua) 乾
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 乾
Foshan 乾
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 乾
Foshan (Shunde) 乾
Foshan (Sanshui) 乾
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 乾
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 乾
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 乾
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 乾
Zhuhai (Doumen) 乾
Jiangmen (Baisha) 乾
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 乾
Taishan 乾
Kaiping (Chikan) 乾
Enping (Niujiang) 乾
Heshan (Yayao) 乾
Dongguan 乾, 燥
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 乾
Yangjiang 燥
Singapore (Guangfu) 乾
Gan Nanchang 乾
Hakka Meixian 乾, 燥
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 乾
Dongguan (Qingxi) 燥
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 燥
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 燥
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 燥
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 燥
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 燥
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 燥
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 燥
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 燥
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 燥
Hong Kong 燥
Huizhou Jixi 乾
Jin Taiyuan 乾
Northern Min Jian'ou 焦
Eastern Min Fuzhou 焦, 乾
Southern Min Xiamen 焦
Quanzhou 焦
Zhangzhou 焦
Dongshan 焦
Tainan 焦
Penang (Hokkien) 焦
Singapore (Hokkien) 焦
Manila (Hokkien) 焦
Chaozhou 焦
Raoping 焦
Shantou 焦
Singapore (Teochew) 焦
Wenchang 乾
Qionghai 乾
Singapore (Hainanese) 乾, 焦
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 乾
Wu Shanghai 乾
Shanghai (Chongming) 乾
Suzhou 乾, 燥
Danyang 乾
Wenzhou 燥
Xiang Changsha 乾
Shuangfeng 乾, 燥
  • (uninteresting):

Antonyms

Noun

乾燥

  1. desiccation

Verb

乾燥

  1. to dry

Synonyms

  • (literary or Min Nan) 焦燥 (jiāozào)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乾燥):
  • → Japanese: 乾燥(かんそう) (kansō)
  • → Korean: 건조(乾燥) (geonjo)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾 燥
かん
Grade: S 		そう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

乾(かん)燥(そう) • (kansō) ←かんさう (kansau)?

  1. aridity, dehydration, desiccation

Derived terms

Verb

乾(かん)燥(そう)する • (kansō suru) ←かんさう (kansau)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 乾(かん)燥(そう)し (kansō shi), past 乾(かん)燥(そう)した (kansō shita))

  1. to dry, to dehydrate, to desiccate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "乾燥する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 乾燥し かんそうし kansō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 乾燥し かんそうし kansō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 乾燥する かんそうする kansō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 乾燥する かんそうする kansō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 乾燥すれ かんそうすれ kansō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 乾燥せよ¹
乾燥しろ² 		かんそうせよ¹
かんそうしろ² 		kansō seyo¹
kansō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 乾燥される かんそうされる kansō sareru
Causative 乾燥させる
乾燥さす 		かんそうさせる
かんそうさす 		kansō saseru
kansō sasu
Potential 乾燥できる かんそうできる kansō dekiru
Volitional 乾燥しよう かんそうしよう kansō shiyō
Negative 乾燥しない かんそうしない kansō shinai
Negative continuative 乾燥せず かんそうせず kansō sezu
Formal 乾燥します かんそうします kansō shimasu
Perfective 乾燥した かんそうした kansō shita
Conjunctive 乾燥して かんそうして kansō shite
Hypothetical conditional 乾燥すれば かんそうすれば kansō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
乾燥

Noun

乾燥 • (geonjo) (hangeul 건조)

  1. hanja form? of 건조 (“dryness; drying”)
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