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乾杯

乾杯

See also: 干杯

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; (surname)	cup; a measure word
trad. (乾杯)		乾	杯
simp. (干杯)		干	杯

Verb

乾杯

to toast; to drink a toast

Interjection

乾杯

(colloquial) cheers!; bottoms up!

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 飲杯／饮杯, 飲勝／饮胜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾	杯
かん Grade: S	はい > ぱい Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Interjection

乾杯 ‎(hiragana かんぱい, romaji kanpai)

cheers; common toast. Idiomatically, bottoms up

Korean

Hanja in this term
乾	杯

Noun

乾杯 • ‎(geonbae) ‎(hangeul 건배)

Hanja form^? of 건배, “cheers!; bottoms up!”.

Etymology

From 乾／干 (gān, “dry”) + 杯 (bēi, “cup”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gānbēi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄅㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ bui¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôn-pî
Min Nan (POJ): kan-poe
Wu (Wiktionary): koe pe (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gānbēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄅㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganbei
  - IPA ^(key): /ka̠n⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gon¹ bui¹
  - Yale: gōn būi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ bui¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ puːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-pî
  - Hakka Romanization System: gon´ bi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ bi¹
  - IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-poe
  - Tâi-lô: kan-pue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kanpoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² pue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ pue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² pue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ pue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ pue⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: koe pe (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /kø⁵⁵ pᴇ²¹/