干旱

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 今年夏天发生了严重的干旱。▶ —
   A severe drought occurred this summer.
2. 长期干旱使河流几乎干涸。▶ —
   The prolonged drought has nearly dried up the river.

Collocations

Mnemonic

干 gān "dry" + 旱 hàn "drought": dry and rainless, i.e. drought. Polyphone: 干 is gān "dry" but gàn "to work" (干活 gànhuó); here gān. Opposite of 洪水 (flood). The simplified 干 covers both 乾 gān and 幹 gàn.

Related

Quick check

1. How is the polyphone 干 read in 干活 (to work)?

   • gàn
   • gān
   • hàn
   • gǎn