乾淨

乾淨

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	clean; completely; only
trad. (乾淨/乾凈)		乾	淨/凈
simp. (干净)		干	净

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ zeng⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kan-chēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gānjìng → gānjing (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˋ → ㄍㄢ ˙ㄐㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan.jinq
    • IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/ → /kän⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥iŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ zeng⁶
    • Yale: gōn jehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ dzeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ zéng⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sɛːŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-chēng
    • Tâi-lô: kan-tsīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanzeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/

Adjective

乾淨

1. clean; neat and tidy

   擦乾淨 / 擦干净  ―  cā gānjìng  ―  to wipe clean

2. complete; total

   吃乾淨 / 吃干净  ―  chī gānjìng  ―  to eat up

3. neat (done with skill or efficiency)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾淨 (“clean; not dirty”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		清潔, 潔淨
Mandarin	Beijing	乾淨
	Taiwan	乾淨
	Jinan	乾淨
	Xi'an	乾淨
	Wuhan	乾淨, 伶新
	Chengdu	乾淨
	Yangzhou	乾淨, 清爽
	Hefei	乾淨, 清亮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乾淨
	Hong Kong	乾淨
	Taishan	乾淨, 虔誠
	Yangjiang	淨, 伶俐
Gan	Nanchang	乾淨
Hakka	Meixian	淨, 伶俐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Dongshi (Dabu)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	淨俐, 伶俐
Jin	Taiyuan	乾淨
Min Bei	Jian'ou	伶俐
Min Dong	Fuzhou	澈潔
	Matsu	澈潔, 清氣
Min Nan	Xiamen	清氣
	Quanzhou	清氣
	Zhangzhou	清氣
	Taipei	清氣
	Penang	清氣
	Philippines (Manila)	清氣
	Chaozhou	清氣
Wu	Suzhou	清爽, 乾淨
	Wenzhou	了滯, 清水, 光生
Xiang	Changsha	乾淨
	Shuangfeng	乾淨, 料俏