Word

干净 (gān jìng) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 3

Meaning of 干净

形 xíng adjective

clean

这个房间很干净。

zhè ge fáng jiān hěn gān jìng

This room is very clean.

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Word breakdown

干 gān — dry (contributes to the meaning of clean/spotless)

净 jìng — clean, pure (core meaning component)

1 一干二净 yì gān èr jìng — completely clean, spotless HSK 7
- 一 one, completely
- 干 dry, thorough
- 二 two, doubly
- 净 clean, pure
Example

他把房间打扫得一干二净。

tā bǎ fáng jiān dǎ sǎo de yì gān èr jìng

He cleaned the room until it was spotlessly clean.
2 净化 jìng huà — to purify, to cleanse HSK 7
- 净 clean, pure (provides the meaning of cleanliness/purity)
- 化 to transform, -ify (creates the verbal action of making pure)
Example

植物能够净化室内空气。

zhí wù néng gòu jìng huà shì nèi kōng qì

Plants can purify indoor air.
3 洁净 jié jìng — clean HSK 7
- 洁 clean, pure
- 净 clean, pure (reinforcing)
Example

她喜欢洁净的环境。

tā xǐ huan jié jìng de huán jìng

She likes a clean environment.

Structure & writing

1 干 gān — shield (ancient weapon)

Xpinyin

干 is a component in 15 characters

HSK 1

午 wǔ the seventh of the twelve Earthly Branches

HSK 3

南 nán south (one of the four cardinal directions, opposite of north) 平 píng flat; level; even (like the surface of still water)

HSK 4

幸 xìng happy; fortunate 汗 hàn sweat; perspiration secreted by the skin 赶 gǎn to chase; to arrive in time

HSK 6

刊 kān to delete and revise 岸 àn shore; bank; coast (of a river, lake, sea, etc.) 旱 hàn drought; dry (opposite of 涝) 罕 hǎn rare; scarce 肝 gān liver (digestive organ in humans and higher animals)

HSK 7

凿 záo chisel (a hand tool with a blade for carving or boring) 奸 jiān hypocritical and cunning 杆 gǎn the slender, rod-like part of an object (including hollow ones) 竿 gān bamboo pole, the main stem of bamboo

干 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 净 jìng — clean; neat

净 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 冫 bīng — ice radical

冫 is a component in 19 characters

HSK 1

冷 lěng cold; low in temperature (opposite of 热)

HSK 2

准 zhǔn standard; norm; criterion 次 cì order; rank

HSK 3

冰 bīng ice; solid water formed at or below 0°C 决 jué to breach (of a dike); originally to channel water, later to have a dike broken open by water 净 jìng clean; neat 凉 liáng cool; slightly cold (of weather, milder than 冷) 凌 líng to bully, oppress, or humiliate

HSK 4

况 kuàng situation; condition 减 jiǎn to subtract or remove a part from a whole

HSK 5

冲 chōng to pour boiling water over; (of water current) to strike against 冻 dòng to freeze (of a liquid or water-containing substance) 弱 ruò weak in strength or power (opposite of 强)

HSK 6

匀 yún even, uniform; to make even

HSK 7

冶 yě to smelt (metal) 凄 qī cool; cold 凋 diāo withered, faded 凑 còu to piece together; to gather 凝 níng to congeal; (of liquid) to solidify due to cold or heat, or (of gas) to liquefy due to lower temperature or higher pressure

2.2 争 zhēng — to strive for; to compete for

争 is a component in 5 characters

HSK 3

净 jìng clean; neat 静 jìng still, motionless (opposite of 动)

HSK 5

挣 zhèng struggle to free oneself from restraint

HSK 6

睁 zhēng to open one's eyes

HSK 7

筝 zhēng guzheng (Chinese zither), a plucked string instrument

Stroke order