干杯 gānbēi Cheers!

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Traditional: 乾杯

Stroke order

干杯 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

干杯 — the Chinese character for Cheers! (gānbēi), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 干杯 — Cheers!

干 — 3 strokes
杯 — 8 strokes

Senses

to drink a toast
Cheers! (proposing a toast)
Here's to you!
Bottoms up!
lit. dry cup

Characters in 干杯

干 gān — dry; dried food; empty; hollow
杯 bēi — cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

我们一起干杯！Wǒmen yìqǐ gānbēi!Let us drink a toast together!
为我们的友谊干杯。Wèi wǒmen de yǒuyì gānbēi.A toast to our friendship.

Related words

干杯 is pronounced gānbēi and means “Cheers!”.

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