Please fill your glasses and raise a toast to the bride and groom!
Sentence #8640260 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 干杯 is built
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干gāndry
一one · yī
十ten · shí
Memory aidDrawn from a forked stick used as a weapon or shield. As a simplified character it also stands for 乾 “dry” and 幹 “to do”.
杯bēicup
木tree · mùMeaning part
不no · bùSound part
木 hints at the meaning (tree); 不 (bù) hints at the sound. Compare it with bēi.
How to write 干杯
干 3 strokes · 杯 8 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 干杯 (gānbēi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
干杯 (gānbēi) means “to drink a toast” or “Cheers! (proposing a toast)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it gānbēi: gān with a 1st tone, then bēi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 干杯 is written 乾杯. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganbei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 干杯 from the suggestions. Typing ganbei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
干杯 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
干gān1st tone, high and level
