Chinese Word of the Day

饼干
bǐng gàn

biscuit

Definitions

Chinese > English
饼干	bǐnggān
1. n. biscuit; cracker
English > Chinese
biscuit
1. 饼干
Components
饼	bǐng
1. pastry; biscuit; cookie
月餅 - mooncake
曲奇餅 - cookie
2. any round and flat pancake-like object
肉餅 - meat patty
3. (Cantonese)
4. (Min Dong)
干	gàn
1. main part of something; body; trunk
2. to concern; to be implicated in; implication
3. dry
樹幹 - trunk of a plant
我喉嚨很乾gān。 - My throat feels dry.
軀幹 - body of animals
4. clean
幹道 - main road; high street
乾gān淨 - clean
5. to do
6. adoptive; foster
你在幹什麼？ - What are you doing?
7. in vain; for nothing
8. to work
9. One of the Eight Trigrams (☰).
幹活 - to work
乾乾道 - ways of heaven; natural law
你是幹什麼的？ - What is your job?
10. (vulgar) to fuck, to engage in sexual intercourse
幹恁娘！ - Fuck your mother! , MN
幹.你.媽！ - Fuck your mother!
11. (vulgar) to kill
幹掉他！ - Kill him!
12. (vulgar chiefly Taiwan) to steal
誰幹走了我的筆？！ - Who stole my pen?!
13. (vulgar chiefly Taiwan) to blame, to condemn
公幹 - criticized by everyone
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