HSK 4
干杯
乾杯
Meaning
- to drink a toast
- Cheers! (proposing a toast)
- Here's to you!
- Bottoms up!
- lit. dry cup
- Traditional
- 乾杯
- Pinyin
- gān bēi
Character reference
Components and radical classification
干
gànarid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
Primary radical干 · dry
杯
bēicup, glass; measure word for liquids
Primary radical木 · tree
乾
gānarid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
Primary radical乙 · second
Radical classification does not necessarily describe a character’s modern meaning. Semantic and phonetic roles are shown only when supported by the cited formation data.
Writing practice
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