| gān | dry/clean/surname Gan |
| gān | to concern/to interfere/shield/stem |
| gàn | to work/to do/to manage |
| gàn | tree trunk/main part of sth/to manage/to work/to do/capable/cadre (in communist party)/to kill (slang)/to fuck (taboo word) |
| 干 | surname Gan |
| 干与 | variant of 干預|干预 |
| 干么 | see 幹嘛|干嘛 |
| 干事 | administrator executive secretary |
| 干事长 | secretary general |
| 干井 | dry well; dry hole |
| 干亲 | nominal kinship |
| 干亲家 | An address between parents of those who have nominal kinship. |
| 干什么 | what are you doing? what's he up to? |
| 干仗 | to quarrel (dialect) |
| 干休 | to let matters rest |
| 干休所 | cadre's sanitarium |
| 干俸 | sinecure |
| 干冰 | dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) CL:塊|块 |
| 干冷 | dry and cold |
| 干净 | clean neat |
| 干净俐落 | clean and efficient neat and tidy |
| 干净利落 | efficient; neat |
| 干出 | dries |
| 干劲 | enthusiasm for doing sth |