Usage of the character 乾

dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone)
(fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form
just what you want to know: no more, no less (no 水分 (shuǐfēn))

gānhàn

干旱

[乾旱]

drought
arid
dry

gānxuǎn

干癣

[乾癬]

psoriasis

chuīgān

吹干

[吹乾]

to blow-dry

gān'ér

干儿

[乾兒]

adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

gānyue

干哕

[乾噦]

to dry-heave
to retch

gānsè

干涩

[乾澀]

dry and rough (skin)
hoarse (voice)
dry and heavy (style)

gānháo

干嚎

[乾嚎]

to cry out loud without tears

gānguǒ

干果

[乾果]

dried fruit
dry fruits (nuts etc)

gānxiào

干笑

[乾笑]

to give a hollow laugh
to force a smile
forced laugh
CL:聲／声 (shēng)

gānfàn

干饭

[乾飯]

plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)

gānjiāng

干姜

[乾薑]

dried ginger

Xiāo Qián

萧乾

[蕭乾]

Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator

fēnggān

风干

[風乾]

to air-dry
to season (timber etc)
air-dried
air-drying

kūgān

枯干

[枯乾]

dried up; shriveled; withered

gānliú

干馏

[乾餾]

to carbonize
dry distillation
carbonization

gānděng

干等

[乾等]

to wait in vain; to sit around waiting

gāncuì

干脆

[乾脆]

candid
direct and to the point
simply
just
might as well

gānxǐ

干洗

[乾洗]

to dry clean
dry cleaning

gānfěn

干粉

[乾粉]

dry powder

gānzàojì

干燥剂

[乾燥劑]

desiccant

guògānyǐn

过干瘾

[過乾癮]

to satisfy a craving with substitutes

hōnggānjī

烘干机

[烘乾機]

clothes dryer

gānnü'ér

干女儿

[乾女兒]

adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

gānwùnü

干物女

[乾物女]

single girl who lives a lackadaisical life, uninterested in relationships (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 干物女 "himono onna")

gānbābā

干巴巴

[乾巴巴]

dry
parched
dull
insipid

báigānr

白干儿

[白乾兒]

alcoholic spirit
strong white rice wine

gānyǎnzhèng

干眼症

[乾眼症]

dry eye
xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)

dòufugān

豆腐干

[豆腐乾]

see 豆干 (dougàn)

bāogānr

包干儿

[包乾兒]

erhua variant of 包乾／包干 (bāogān)

gānzháojí

干着急

[乾著急]

to worry helplessly

gānshǒujī

干手机

[乾手機]

hand dryer

niúròugān

牛肉干

[牛肉乾]

dried beef
jerky
charqui

gānméizi

干梅子

[乾梅子]

prunes

bāogānzhì

包干制

[包乾制]

a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash

chīgānfàn

吃干饭

[吃乾飯]

(coll.) to be incompetent
useless
good-for-nothing

gāndǎlěi

干打垒

[乾打壘]

rammed earth
adobe house

règānmiàn

热干面

[熱乾麵]

noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack

gānhàntǔ

干旱土

[乾旱土]

aridisol (soil taxonomy)

pútaogān

葡萄干

[葡萄乾]

raisin
dried grape

yúgānnü

鱼干女

[魚乾女]

see 乾物女／干物女 (gānwùnü)

gān'érzi

干儿子

[乾兒子]

adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

gānzàojī

干燥机

[乾燥機]

a drier

gāndèngyǎn

干瞪眼

[乾瞪眼]

to watch helplessly

yǎngānzhèng

眼干症

[眼乾症]

(medicine) xeropthalmia; dry eye syndrome

gānliángdài

干粮袋

[乾糧袋]

knapsack (for provisions)
haversack

gānlàosù

干酪素

[乾酪素]

casein

zìgānwǔ

自干五

[自乾五]

(neologism) person who posts online in support of the Chinese government, but unlike a wumao 五毛 (wǔmáo), is not paid for doing so (abbr. for 自帶乾糧的五毛／自带干粮的五毛 (zìdàigānliángdewǔmáo))

Qián'ānxiàn

乾安县

[乾安縣]

Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin

kǒugānshézào

口干舌燥

[口乾舌燥]

lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

zhāoqiánxītì

朝乾夕惕

[朝乾夕惕]

cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)

gāncuìlìsuo

干脆利索

[乾脆利索]

see 乾脆利落／干脆利落 (gāncuìlìluo)

Dàxīdòugān

大溪豆干

[大溪豆乾]

dried tofu made in Daxi, a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan famous for its dried tofu 豆干 (dougàn)

bùgānbùjìng

不干不净

[不乾不淨]

unclean
filthy
foul-mouthed

tuòmiànzìgān

唾面自干

[唾面自乾]

to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
to drain the cup of humiliation

wàiqiángzhōnggān

外强中干

[外強中乾]

strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)

kāngqiánshèngshì

康乾盛世

[康乾盛世]

booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)

rǔxiùwèigān

乳臭未干

[乳臭未乾]

lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom)
fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears

gānjìnglìluò

干净俐落

[乾淨俐落]

clean and efficient
neat and tidy

Bāmǎgānlào

巴马干酪

[巴馬乾酪]

Parmesan cheese

niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn

扭转乾坤

[扭轉乾坤]

lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
fig. to change the course of events
to turn things around

lièhuǒgānchái

烈火干柴

[烈火乾柴]

lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
fig. consuming passion between lovers

shǎguāgānmiàn

傻瓜干面

[傻瓜乾麵]

boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste

gānbiāndòujiǎo

干煸豆角

[乾煸豆角]