干杯
gān bēiㄍㄢ ㄅㄟ
Sino-Vietnamese: CAN BÔI
Traditional: 乾杯
HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 4
Meaning(verb)
to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup
Pattern: 为……干杯 (a toast to…).
Examples
为我们的友谊干杯！
wèi wǒ men de yǒu yì gān bēi!
Here's to our friendship!
来，大家一起干杯！
lái, dà jiā yì qǐ gān bēi!
Come on, everyone — cheers!
他举起杯子说："干杯！"
tā jǔ qǐ bēi zi shuō: " gān bēi! "
He raised his glass and said, "Cheers!"
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Stroke order
CÁN · 3 strokes
old variant of 干
BÔI · 8 strokes
cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
Related words
- 干净 gān jìng — clean; neat
- 干 gān — old variant of 干
- 干 gàn — tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- 饼干 bǐng gān — biscuit; cracker; cookie
- 干燥 gān zào — to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); desiccation; dull; uninteresting; arid
- 干脆 gān cuì — candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well
- 能干 néng gàn — capable; competent
- 干活儿 gàn huó r — erhua variant of 干活; (coll.) to work; (coll.) to be employed