Chinese word

干垃圾

Pronunciation

Pinyingàn lā jī

Meaning

  • noundry waste

Example

请把干垃圾放到楼下的垃圾桶里。qǐng bǎ gàn lā jī fàng dào lóu xià de lā jī tǒng lǐ

Please put the dry waste in the garbage bin downstairs.

Illustration for 干垃圾 (dry waste)

More examples

这些一次性筷子应该放到干垃圾里。zhè xiē yí cì xìng kuài zi yīng gāi fàng dào gàn lā jī lǐ

These disposable chopsticks should be put in the dry waste.

Core concept

The leftover household-waste stream after useful, hazardous, and food-related materials have been sorted out.

Common phrases

  • 把干垃圾扔进垃圾桶bǎ gàn lā jī rēng jìn lā jī tǒng

    throw dry waste into the garbage bin

  • 拎着干垃圾袋līn zhe gàn lā jī dài

    carry a bag of dry waste

  • 干垃圾桶gàn lā jī tǒng

    bin for dry waste

Similar words

湿垃圾shī lā jī: Moist household waste from food scraps and fruit peels that rots easily and needs special treatment.
可回收物kě huí shōu wù: Waste such as cardboard and bottles that can be collected and reused as materials.
有害垃圾yǒu hài lā jī: Waste that may harm people or the environment and needs separate collection and treatment.

Definition in Chinese

指不能回收、也不属于有害垃圾或湿垃圾的生活垃圾，通常需要焚烧或填埋处理。zhǐ bù néng huí shōu yě bù shǔ yú yǒu hài lā jī huò shī lā jī de shēng huó lā jī tōng cháng xū yào fén shāo huò tián mái chú lǐ

Word origin

干垃圾 (gànlājī, "dry waste") combines 干 (gān, "dry") + 垃圾 (lājī, "garbage") as a modern sorting label for refuse left after other main waste streams are separated.

Usage tips

  • The word's first character does not make physical dryness the deciding test: a clean bottle can belong elsewhere, while a dry but dirty item may remain in this stream.

Other meanings

  • other wastenoun
  • non-recyclable wastenoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 干垃圾袋gàn lā jī dàibag for dry wastenoun
  • 干垃圾桶gàn lā jī tǒngbin for dry wastenoun

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