干杯
gān bēi
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

杯
bēi
  1. 1 cup
  2. 2 trophy cup
  3. 3 classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
乾坤
qián kūn
  1. 1 yin and yang
  2. 2 heaven and earth
  3. 3 the universe
干杯
gān bēi
  1. 1 to drink a toast
  2. 2 Cheers! (proposing a toast)
  3. 3 Here's to you!
  4. 4 Bottoms up!
  5. 5 lit. dry cup
杯具
bēi jù
  1. 1 cup
  2. 2 (slang) (pun on 悲劇|悲剧[bēi jù], tragedy) so bad
  3. 3 terrible
  4. 4 bummer
  5. 5 fiasco
  6. 6 debacle
杯子
bēi zi
  1. 1 cup
  2. 2 glass
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]
纸杯
zhǐ bēi
  1. 1 paper cup
茶杯
chá bēi
  1. 1 teacup
  2. 2 tea-glass
  3. 3 cup
  4. 4 mug
  5. 5 CL:隻|只[zhī]
酒杯
jiǔ bēi
  1. 1 wine cup
一杯羹
yī bēi gēng
  1. 1 lit. a cup of soup
  2. 2 fig. to get part of the profits
  3. 3 one's share of the action
世界杯
Shì jiè bēi
  1. 1 World Cup
乾
qián
  1. 1 old variant of 乾[qián]
乾安
Qián ān
  1. 1 Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
乾县
Qián Xiàn
  1. 1 Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shaanxi
乾陵
Qián líng
  1. 1 Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
乾隆
Qián lóng
  1. 1 Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bǎo Qīn wáng], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hóng lì], reigned 1735-1799
亚洲杯
Yà zhōu bēi
  1. 1 Asian Cup
交杯酒
jiāo bēi jiǔ
  1. 1 formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
大力神杯
Dà lì shén bēi
  1. 1 FIFA World Cup trophy
捧杯
pěng bēi
  1. 1 to win a championship
  2. 2 to come out top
  3. 3 to take the cup
杯垫
bēi diàn
  1. 1 (beverage) coaster

Idioms (10)

好酒贪杯
hào jiǔ tān bēi
  1. 1 fond of the bottle (idiom)
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
杯弓蛇影
bēi gōng shé yǐng
  1. 1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
  2. 2 overly fearful
杯水车薪
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
  1. 1 lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
杯盘狼藉
bēi pán láng jí
  1. 1 cups and dishes in complete disorder (idiom); after a riotous drinking party
杯酒解怨
bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn
  1. 1 a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom); a few drinks can ease social interaction
杯酒言欢
bēi jiǔ yán huān
  1. 1 a few drinks and a nice conversation (idiom)
酒逢知己千杯少
jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo
  1. 1 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
  2. 2 when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down

Sample Sentences

来来来，喝啊，干杯！
láiláilái ，hē a ，gānbēi ！
Come on, let’s drink! Bottoms up!
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为我们的合作干杯。
wèi wǒmen de hézuò gānbēi 。
Cheers to our collaboration.
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为老师们干杯！
wèi lǎoshī men gānbēi ！
Cheers to the teachers!
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为中文干杯！
wèi Zhōngwén gānbēi ！
Cheers to Chinese!
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干杯
gān bēi
Cheers! ; Bottoms Up!
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你随意、我干杯！
nǐ suí yì 、wǒ gān bēi ！
You drink as much or as little as you would like, but I'll down my drink (as respect to you).
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是不是？那你不喝，就伤我的心了。这样吧，我干杯，你随意，行吗？
shìbushì ？nà nǐ bù hē ，jiù shāng wǒ de xīn le 。zhèyàng ba ，wǒ gānbēi ，nǐ suíyì ，xíng ma ？
Aren't we? So if you don't drink, you'll hurt my feelings. What about this, I'll dry my glass, you can drink as much as you can, OK?
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来，大家一起干杯！
lái ，dàjiā yīqǐ gānbēi ！
Come on! Cheers everybody!
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谢谢美女，干杯！
xièxie měinǚ ，gānbēi ！
Thank you, pretty lady. Cheers!
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干杯！
gānbēi ！
Cheers!
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