# 干燥 (gānzào)

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

- Meaning: dry; arid
- Pinyin: gānzào (gan1 zao4)
- Traditional: 乾燥
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 北方冬天的气候非常干燥。
  Běifāng dōngtiān de qìhòu fēicháng gānzào.
  The winter weather in the north is very dry.

## Characters

- [干](https://hanziro.com/word/gan-do/) (gàn): to do; to work
- 燥 (zào): dry; parched; impatient; vexed

https://hanziro.com/word/gan-zao-dry/

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