干杯 gānbēi▶ Bersulang!

Stroke order

干杯 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 干 — 3 strokes
• 杯 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to drink a toast
2. Cheers! (proposing a toast)
3. Here's to you!
4. Bottoms up!
5. lit. dry cup

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kering
• 饼干Biskuit
• 干净bersih
• 干燥Kering
• 干脆hanya; semata-mata
• 能干mampu

干杯 is pronounced gānbēi and means “Bersulang!”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 干杯 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.