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干杯

gānbēi

cheers

Two friends raising cups together
Memory picture

Characters in this word

干 gān

Strokes
3
Radical
十 — ten, tenth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

杯 bēi

Strokes
8
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 不 no, not, un-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我们干杯吧。 Wǒ men gān bēi ba. Let us have a toast.
  • 来干杯。 Lái gān bēi. Come on, cheers.
  • 大家干杯。 Dà jiā gān bēi. Everyone, cheers.

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