乾
arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male); surname Qian; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰
- Strokes
- 11
- Pinyin
- gān, qián
Parts
Words with 乾
- 乾坤qián kūn · qiankunyin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
- 乾旦qián dàn · qiandanmale actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
- 乾县qián xiàn · qianxianQian County or Qianxian, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi
- 乾陵qián líng · qianlingQianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
- 乾隆qián lóng · qianlongthe Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1 wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2 li4], reigned 1735–1799
- 竺乾zhú qián · zhuqianBuddha (archaic); Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
- 萧乾xiāo qián · xiaoqianXiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
- 乾安县qián ān xiàn · qiananxianQian'an, a county in Songyuan City 松原市[Song1 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin
- 康乾盛世kāng qián shèng shì · kangqianshengshibooming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
- 扭转乾坤niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn · niuzhuanqiankunlit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events; to turn things around
- 旋乾转坤xuán qián zhuǎn kūn · xuanqianzhuankunlit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change
- 朝乾夕惕zhāo qián xī tì · zhaoqianxiticautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
- 乾嘉三大家qián jiā sān dà jiā · qianjiasandajiathe three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal expression and innovation in Qing poetry: Yuan Mei 袁枚[Yuan2 Mei2], Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨[Jiang3 Shi4 quan2] and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼[Zhao4 Yi4]
- 康乾宗迦峰kāng qián zōng jiā fēng · kangqianzongjiafengKachenjunga (Himalayan peak)