It’s no use — for some reason I have no drive today.
Sentence #13108752 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 干劲 is built
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干gàntree trunk
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”.
劲jìnstrength
劲 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
How to write 干劲
干 3 strokes · 劲 7 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 干劲 (gànjìn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
干劲 (gànjìn) means “drive” or “enthusiasm”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gànjìn: gàn with a 4th tone, then jìn 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, 干劲 is written 幹勁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganjin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 干劲 from the suggestions. Typing ganjin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
干劲 is an HSK 6 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gàn4th tone, falling
