干女儿

Traditional form:

乾女兒

Pinyin (reading):

gānnü'ér

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 女 - woman, girl; female
• 儿 - son, child

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 女 - woman, girl; female
• 兒 - son, child