乾澀

See also: 干涩

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	grating (of surfaces); tart; acerbic
trad. (乾澀)		乾	澀
simp. (干涩)		干	涩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄙㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gansè
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: gān-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganseh
    • Palladius: ганьсэ (ganʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/

Adjective

乾澀

1. dry and rough (skin)
2. hoarse (voice)
3. dry and heavy (style)