Chinese Conversation · Level 17
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Chinese word
晾干
Pronunciation
Pinyinliàng gān
Meaning
- verbair-dry
Example
她把衣服晾干在外面。tā bǎ yī fú liàng gān zài wài miàn
She air-dries the clothes outside.
More examples
周末我把被子晾干在阳台上。zhōu mò wǒ bǎ bèi zi liàng gān zài yáng tái shàng
On weekends, I air-dry the quilt on the balcony.
Core concept
Wet things hang or spread in open air until their moisture leaves them.
Common phrases
把衣服晾干在阳台上bǎ yī fú liàng gān zài yáng tái shàng
air-dry clothes on the balcony
把被子晾干在阳台上bǎ bèi zi liàng gān zài yáng tái shàng
air-dry a quilt on the balcony
把毛巾晾干bǎ máo jīn liàng gān
air-dry a towel
Similar words
晒干shài gàn: Dry wet things by placing them in direct sunlight.
风干fēng gān: Dry wet things slowly by exposing them to natural wind.
烘干hōng gān: Dry wet things quickly with a dryer or heat.
Definition in Chinese
在通风或有阳光的地方把湿物挂起或摊开，使水分蒸发以达到干燥状态的动作，常指晾衣服的做法。zài tōng fēng huò yǒu yáng guāng de dì fāng bǎ shī wù guà qǐ huò tān kāi shǐ shuǐ fèn zhēng fā yǐ dá dào gān zào zhuàng tài de dòng zuò cháng zhǐ liàng yī fú de zuò fǎ
Word origin
晾 (liàng, "air-dry") + 干 (gān, "dry") makes the process and its dry result explicit.
Usage tips
- In everyday conversation, 晾干 (liànggān, "air-dry") often follows the object in a 把 (bǎ, "object-marking particle") sentence when the finished dry result matters.
Opposites
- 弄湿nòng shīwetverb
Related words
- 晾衣liàng yīhang clothes out to dryverb
- 晾衣架liàng yī jiàclothes-drying racknoun