Usage of the character 竿
gān
竿
[竿]
- pole
gāntóu
竿头
[竿頭]
- bamboo pole's uppermost tip
- (fig.) acme
Nángān
南竿
[南竿]
- Nankan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
- Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣／连江县 ( Liánjiāngxiàn), Taiwan
qiúgān
球竿
[球竿]
- cue (billiards)
- club (golf)
- stick (hockey)
zhúgān
竹竿
[竹竿]
- bamboo
- bamboo pole
huágān
滑竿
[滑竿]
- a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles
gānzi
竿子
[竿子]
- bamboo pole
- CL:根 (gēn),個／个 (gè)
biāogān
标竿
[標竿]
- benchmark
- pole serving as mark or symbol
- pole with a trophy hung on it
yúgān
鱼竿
[魚竿]
- fishing rod
págān
爬竿
[爬竿]
- pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act)
- climbing pole
diàogān
钓竿
[釣竿]
- fishing rod
- CL:根 (gēn)
mǎgān
马竿
[馬竿]
- lasso pole
- blind man's stick
- white stick
wéigān
桅竿
[桅竿]
- ship mast
- mast
- also written 桅杆
Běigān
北竿
[北竿]
- Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
- Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣／连江县 ( Liánjiāngxiàn), Taiwan
chēnggāntiào
撑竿跳
[撐竿跳]
- pole-vaulting
- also written 撐桿跳／撑杆跳
Běigānxiāng
北竿乡
[北竿鄉]
- Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣／连江县 ( Liánjiāngxiàn) i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Nángānxiāng
南竿乡
[南竿鄉]
- Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣／连江县 ( Liánjiāngxiàn) i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
lìgānjiànyǐng
立竿见影
[立竿見影]
- lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom)
- fig. to get instant results
bǎichǐgāntóu
百尺竿头
[百尺竿頭]
- to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
chēnggāntiàogāo
撑竿跳高
[撐竿跳高]
- pole vault
- also written 撐桿跳高／撑杆跳高
bǎichǐgāntóu,gèngjìnyībù
百尺竿头，更进一步
[百尺竿頭，更進一步]
- lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)
- fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better