HSK 5 · Adjectives

干脆 gāncuì “simply” in Chinese

Traditional 乾脆

What 干脆 means

  1. simply
  2. might as well
  3. straightforward
  4. candid
  5. direct and to the point
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • just

How to say 干脆

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale干gān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale脆cuì4th tone, falling

干脆 in a sentence

  1. 你干脆也来吧。

    Nǐ gāncuì yě lái ba.

    You might as well come, too.

    Sentence #9423281 from Tatoeba

  2. 他跟他们干脆地断绝来往了。

    Tā gēn tāmen gāncuì de duànjué láiwǎng le.

    He made a clean break with them.

    Sentence #5595117 from Tatoeba

How 干脆 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 干 (gān) with each of its parts in a different colour
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”.

The character 脆 (cuì) with each of its parts in a different colour
脆cuìbrittle
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 危dangerous · wēi

How to write 干脆

干 3 strokes · 脆 10 strokes

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干脆 (gāncuì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 干脆 (gāncuì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 干脆

Words with 干

干净gānjìng · clean干gān · dry饼干bǐnggān · biscuit干杯gānbēi · to drink a toast干燥gānzào · dry (weather能干nénggàn · capable干活儿gànhuór · to work干扰gānrǎo · to disturb干涉gānshè · to interfere干预gānyù · to intervene

Words with 脆

脆弱cuìruò · fragile

More words: Adjectives

发达fādá · well-developed繁荣fánróng · prosperous方fāng · square疯狂fēngkuáng · crazy高档gāodàng · superior quality个别gèbié · individual根本gēnběn · (not) at all公平gōngpíng · fair

FAQs

干脆 (gāncuì) means “simply” or “might as well”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gāncuì: gān with a 1st tone, then cuì with a 4th 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, 干脆 is written 乾脆. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gancui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 干脆 from the suggestions. Typing gancui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
干脆 is an HSK 5 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.