# 干旱 (gānhàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 干旱 (gānhàn) means “drought; arid”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: drought; arid
- Pinyin: gānhàn (gan1 han4)
- Traditional: 乾旱
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 连续几个月的干旱毁了庄稼。
  Liánxù jǐ ge yuè de gānhàn huǐle zhuāngjia.
  Several months of drought ruined all the crops.

## Characters

- [干](https://hanziro.com/word/gan-do/) (gàn): to do; to work
- [旱](https://hanziro.com/word/han-dry/) (hàn): dry; drought

https://hanziro.com/word/gan-han-drought/

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