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
• Jin (Wiktionary): gan¹ jing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-chēng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹koe-zhin / ¹koe-zin₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānjìng → gānjing (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˋ → ㄍㄢ ˙ㄐㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganji̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-ching⁵
    • Yale: gān-jing
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan.jinq
    • Palladius: ганьцзин (ganʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/ → /kän⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥iŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ zeng⁶
    • Yale: gōn jehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ dzeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ zéng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sɛːŋ²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gan¹ jing³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kæ̃¹¹ t͡ɕĩŋ⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-chēng
    • Tâi-lô: kan-tsīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanzeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹koe-zhin
    • MiniDict: koe^平 zhin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹koe-xxin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø⁵⁵ ʑin²¹/
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹koe-zin₆
    • MiniDict: koe^平 zin^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kø⁴⁴ zin/

Adjective

乾淨

1. clean; neat and tidy

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

   這裡的街道非常乾淨。 [MSC, trad.]
   这里的街道非常干净。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèlǐ de jiēdào fēicháng gānjìng. [Pinyin]

   The roads here are very clean.

2. having nothing left; completely gone

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

   他吹乾淨這本書上的灰。 [MSC, trad.]
   他吹干净这本书上的灰。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā chuī gānjìng zhè běn shū shàng de huī. [Pinyin]

   He blew the dust off the book.

3. straightforward; efficient

   文筆乾淨／文笔干净  ―  wénbǐ gānjìng  ―  concise in one's writing

Synonyms

• (clean):

• 不髒／不脏 (bù zāng)
• 清淨／清净 (qīngjìng)
• 清潔／清洁 (qīngjié)
• 潔淨／洁净 (jiéjìng)
• 澈潔／澈洁 (táh-gáik) (Eastern Min)
• 衛生／卫生 (wèishēng) (hygienic)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 乾淨 (“clean; not dirty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾淨, 清潔, 潔淨
Mandarin	Beijing	乾淨
	Taiwan	乾淨
	Jinan	乾淨
	Xi'an	乾淨
	Wuhan	乾淨, 寧馨
	Chengdu	乾淨
	Yangzhou	乾淨, 清爽
	Hefei	乾淨, 清亮
	Malaysia	乾淨
	Singapore	乾淨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乾淨
	Hong Kong	乾淨
	Taishan	乾淨, 虔誠
	Yangjiang	淨, 伶俐
	Singapore (Guangfu)	乾淨
Gan	Nanchang	乾淨
Hakka	Meixian	淨, 伶俐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	淨俐, 伶俐
Jin	Taiyuan	乾淨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伶俐
	Jianyang	伶俐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	澈潔, 澈
	Changle	澈
	Fuqing	澈潔
	Yongtai	澈潔
	Gutian	澈潔
	Pingnan	澈
	Fu'an	清氣
	Ningde	澈, 澈潔
	Xiapu	澈潔
	Zherong	澈潔
	Shouning	澈潔
	Zhouning	澈, 澈潔, 清氣
	Fuding	清氣
	Matsu	澈潔, 清氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	清氣
	Quanzhou	清氣
	Jinjiang	清氣
	Yongchun	清氣
	Zhangzhou	清氣
	Zhao'an	清氣
	Taipei	清氣
	Taipei (Wanhua)	清氣
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	清氣
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	清氣
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	清氣
	Kaohsiung	清氣
	Yilan	清氣
	Changhua (Lukang)	清氣
	Taichung	清氣
	Taichung (Wuqi)	清氣
	Tainan	清氣
	Taitung	清氣
	Hsinchu	清氣
	Kinmen	清氣
	Penghu (Magong)	清氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	清氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	清氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	清氣
	Longyan	清氣
	Datian	清氣
	Chaozhou	清氣
	Shantou	清氣
	Shantou (Chenghai)	清氣
	Jieyang	清氣
	Haifeng	清氣
	Singapore (Teochew)	清氣
	Leizhou	澈, 澈潔
	Haikou	澈, 澈潔
	Qionghai	澈氣
	Singapore (Hainanese)	澈
Puxian Min	Putian	澈潔, 清氣
	Xianyou	清氣
Central Min	Yong'an	清氣
	Sanyuan	清氣
	Shaxian	伶俐
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	伶俐
Wu	Shanghai	清爽
	Suzhou	清爽, 乾淨
	Wenzhou	了滯, 清水, 光生
Xiang	Changsha	乾淨
	Shuangfeng	乾淨, 料俏

Derived terms

• 乾淨俐落／干净俐落 (gānjìnglìluo)