Gan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 贛／赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”).

Proper noun

Gan

1. One of the major divisions of the Chinese language spoken in Jiangxi province

Translations

one of Sinitic languages

• Arabic: كَن m (kan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 贛語／赣语 (gam³ jyu⁵), 江西話／江西话 (gong¹ sai¹ waa²)

  Eastern Min: 贛語／赣语 (Gáng-ngṳ̄)

  Gan: ^{(please verify)} 贛語／赣语 (gon ua), 江西話／江西话 (kong si ua)

  Hakka: 贛語／赣语 (Kàm-ngî)

  Hokkien: 贛語／赣语 (Kàm-gí / Kàm-gú)

  Mandarin: 贛語／赣语 (zh) (gànyǔ), 江西話／江西话 (jiāngxīhuà)

  Wu: 贛語／赣语 (⁵koe-gniu)

• Finnish: gan-kiina
• French: gan (fr) m
• German: Gan (de) n
• Japanese: カン語 (kango), 贛語 (ja) (かんご, kango)
• Korean: 간어 (ganeo)
• Russian: гань m (ganʹ), цзянси́йский m (czjansíjskij) (диале́кт, язы́к)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Cám, Cám ngữ

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Gan, gan ⁠

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gan terms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Gan

1. Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Mandarin 甘 (Gān), Hokkien 顏／颜 (Gân), etc.

Proper noun

Gan (countable and uncountable, plural Gans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gan is the 11,003^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2891 individuals. Gan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (73.19%) and White individuals (20.96%).

Anagrams

• AGN, ANG, GNA, NGA, nag

Japanese

Romanization

Gan

1. Rōmaji transcription of がん

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Gan

Proper noun

Gan m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Gan

	singular	plural
nominative	Gan	Ganowie
genitive	Gana	Ganów
dative	Ganowi	Ganom
accusative	Gana	Ganów
instrumental	Ganem	Ganami
locative	Ganie	Ganach
vocative	Ganie	Ganowie

Proper noun

Gan f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 顏／颜 (Gân). Doublet of Yan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡan/ [ˈɡan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Gan

Proper noun

Gan (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gan is the 322^nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 24,683 individuals.