Gan

Gan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 贛／赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”).

Proper noun

Gan

1. One of the major divisions of the Chinese language spoken in Jiangxi province

Translations

one of Sinitic languages

Arabic: كَن‎ m (kan) Chinese: Cantonese: 贛語, 赣语 (gam3 jyu5), 江西話, 江西话 (gong1 sai1 waa2) Gan: (please verify) 贛語, (please verify) 赣语 (gon ua), 江西話, 江西话 (kong si ua) Hakka: 贛語, 赣语 (Kàm-ngî) Mandarin: 贛語／赣语 (zh) (gànyǔ), 江西話／江西话 (jiāngxīhuà) Min Dong: 贛語, 赣语 (Gáng-ngṳ̄) Min Nan: 贛語, 赣语 (Kàm-gí / Kàm-gú) Wu: 贛語, 赣语 (koe nyy) Finnish: gan-kiina French: gan (fr) m German: Gan (de) n Japanese: カン語 (kango), 贛語 (ja) (かんご, kango) Korean: 간어 (ganeo) Russian: гань m (ganʹ), цзянси́йский m (czjansíjskij) (диале́кт, язы́к) Vietnamese: tiếng Cám, Cám ngữ

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Gan, gan ⁠
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gan terms

Anagrams

• AGN, ANG, GNA, NGA, nag

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Japanese

Romanization

Gan

1. Rōmaji transcription of がん

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Gan

Proper noun

Gan m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Gan

	singular	plural
nominative	Gan	Ganowie
genitive	Gana	Ganów
dative	Ganowi	Ganom
accusative	Gana	Ganów
instrumental	Ganem	Ganami
locative	Ganie	Ganach
vocative	Ganie	Ganowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Yan

Etymology

Romanization of Hokkien 顏／颜 (Gân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡan/, [ˈɡan]

Proper noun

Gan

1. a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gan is the 322^nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 24,683 individuals.