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干活儿 (gàn huór): Meaning, Examples & Usage | HSK 5

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干活儿

干活儿 (gàn huór): To work [often manual] on a job (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

干活儿 consists of 3 characters.

trunk; main part; do; work

to live; alive; living

Word Info

Pinyingàn huór

Meaningto work [often manual] on a job

Characters3

HSK 2.0Level 5

HSK 3.0Level 4

SyntaxVerb

Word干活儿

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3.

Readings & Senses

This word has multiple readings or senses.

gàn huó er(gan huo er)

1. [verb]to work [often manual] on a job[HSK5]

gàn huór(gan huor)

1. [verb]to work [often manual] on a job[HSK 3.0 L4]

4.

How to Use 干活儿 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 干活儿 with other words naturally.

Verb + Complementwith出去

chūqù gànhuór

出去干活儿

neutral

go out to work

Adverb + Verbwith认真

rènzhēn gànhuór

认真干活儿

neutral

work seriously

Subject + Predicatewith累

gànhuór lèi

干活儿累

informalSpoken

Verb + Objectwith挣钱

gànhuór zhèngqián

干活儿挣钱

informalSpoken

5.

Example Sentences with 干活儿

Bà爸

ba爸

měi每

tiān天

zài在

gōng工

dì地

shàng上

tired from working

work to earn money

gàn干

huó活

er儿

。

Dad works on the construction site every day.

tā他

zài在

gàn干

huó活

ér儿

。

He is working.

wèi为

le了

wán完

chéng成

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

，

wǒ我

men们

tuán团

duì队

yǐ已

jīng经

lián连

xù续

jiā加

bān班

gàn干

huó活

ér儿

liǎng两

zhōu周

le了

。

In order to complete this project, our team has been working overtime continuously for two weeks.

nǐ你

zuì最

jìn近

zěn怎

me么

zǒng总

shì是

wú无

jīng精

dǎ打

cǎi采

de的

，

shì是

bu不

shì是

gàn干

huó活

ér儿

tài太

lèi累

le了

？

Why do you always look listless lately? Is it because you're too tired from working?

wǒ我

men们

měi每

tiān天

dōu都

yào要

gàn干

huó活

ér儿

。

We have to work every day.

tā他

jīn今

tiān天

shēn身

tǐ体

bù不

shū舒

fú服

，

suǒ所

yǐ以

méi没

lái来

gōng工

dì地

gàn干

huó活

ér儿

。

He didn't come to work at the construction site today because he's not feeling well.

suī虽

rán然

zhè这

fèn份

gōng工

zuò作

xīn薪

shuǐ水

bù不

gāo高

，

dàn但

dà大

jiā家

gàn干

huó活

ér儿

dōu都

hěn很

rèn认

zhēn真

fù负

zé责

。

Although the salary for this job is not high, everyone works very conscientiously and responsibly.

zhōu周

mò末

de的

shí时

hòu候

，

wǒ我

jīng经

cháng常

bāng帮

mā妈

mā妈

gàn干

huó活

ér儿

。

On weekends, I often help my mother with work.

zhōu周

mò末

wǒ我

xiǎng想

zài在

jiā家

xiū休

xi息

，

bù不

xiǎng想

chū出

qù去

gàn干

huó活

ér儿

le了

。

I want to rest at home on the weekend and don't want to go out to work.

HSK 5 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 干活儿.

传说chuán shuōlegend; lore
不得了bù dé liǎodesperately serious disastrous; terrible
不耐烦bú nài fánimpatient
表面biǎo miànsurface
差别chābiédifference
敌人dí rénenemy; foe
窗帘chuāng liáncurtains; sunblind
贷款dài kuǎnto provide a loan; make an advance to; extend credit to
地道dìdàotunnel; underpass; typical [of a place]
玻璃bō liglass
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; furthermore
度过dù guòspend; pass

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 干活儿.

Words with 干

干净gān jìngHSK 3
干杯gān bēiHSK 4
饼干bǐng gānHSK 4
干燥gān zàoHSK 5
干脆gān cuìHSK 5
能干néng gànHSK 5

干劲

gàn jìn

HSK 6

干扰gān rǎoHSK 6

Words with 活

活动huó dòngHSK 4
活泼huó poHSK 4
生活shēng huóHSK 4
活跃huó yuèHSK 5
灵活líng huóHSK 5
复活fù huóHSK 6
快活kuài huoHSK 6
活力huó lìHSK 6

Words with 儿

儿子ér ziHSK 1
哪儿nǎ erHSK 1
女儿nǚ érHSK 1
这儿zhè rHSK 1
那儿nà rHSK 1
一点儿yī diǎn erHSK 1
好玩儿hǎo wán rHSK 1
有点儿yǒu diǎn rHSK 1