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Webster 1913 Edition

Gan

Gan

,
imp.
of
Gin
.
[See
Gin
,
Verb.
]
Began; commenced.
☞ Gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form compound imperfects, as did is now employed. Gan regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually denoted by gunne or gonne.
This man
gan fall
(i.e., fell) in great suspicion.
Chaucer.
The little coines to their play
gunne hie
(i. e., hied).
Chaucer.
Later writers use gan both for singular and plural.
Yet at her speech their rages
gan
relent.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gan

GAN

, a contraction of began, or rather the original simple word, Sax. gynnan, to begin.

Definition 2024

gān

gān

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

Mandarin

Romanization

gān (Zhuyin ㄍㄢ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 乹
  2. Pinyin transcription of 乾
  3. Pinyin transcription of 亁
  4. Pinyin transcription of 凲
  5. Pinyin transcription of 坩
  6. Pinyin transcription of 尲
  7. 尴, 尶, 尷: embarrassed; ill at ease
  8. Pinyin transcription of 嵅
  9. Pinyin transcription of 干
  10. Pinyin transcription of 忓
  11. Pinyin transcription of 攼
  12. Pinyin transcription of 杆
  13. Pinyin transcription of 柑
  14. Pinyin transcription of 榦
  15. Pinyin transcription of 汖
  16. Pinyin transcription of 泔
  17. Pinyin transcription of 漤
  18. Pinyin transcription of 玕
  19. Pinyin transcription of 甘
  20. Pinyin transcription of 疳
  21. Pinyin transcription of 矸
  22. Pinyin transcription of 竿
  23. Pinyin transcription of 筸
  24. Pinyin transcription of 粓
  25. Pinyin transcription of 肝
  26. Pinyin transcription of 芉
  27. Pinyin transcription of 苷
  28. Pinyin transcription of 虷
  29. Pinyin transcription of 蜬
  30. Pinyin transcription of 辿
  31. Pinyin transcription of 迀
  32. Pinyin transcription of 酐
  33. Pinyin transcription of 釪
  34. Pinyin transcription of 鳱

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