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干净gān jìngclean; neat

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干净 (gān jìng) means "clean" or "neat." It describes rooms, clothes, hands, water, and other things that are free of dirt, as in 房间很干净 (the room is clean). It is an adjective and can follow verbs like 洗 to say something is washed clean.

What does 干净 mean?

  1. 1.

    clean; neatadjective

What do the characters in 干净 mean?

  • 干not compositional here
  • 净clean

How do you use 干净?

干净 is an adjective; after a verb, as in 洗干净, it says the action left something clean.

Patterns

  • verb + 干净

    桌子我已经擦干净了。

    Zhuōzi wǒ yǐjīng cā gānjìng le.

    I've already wiped the table clean.

What are some examples of 干净 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 6

    你的房间很干净。

    Nǐ de fángjiān hěn gānjìng.

    Your room is very clean.

  2. HSK 6

    我已经把衣服洗干净了。

    Wǒ yǐjīng bǎ yīfu xǐ gānjìng le.

    I've already washed the clothes clean.

  3. HSK 6

    这件衣服不干净了。

    Zhè jiàn yīfu bù gānjìng le.

    This piece of clothing isn't clean anymore.

How is 干净 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    妈妈，我回来了。

    Māma, wǒ huílái le.

    Mom, I'm home.

  2. Speaker B:

    你的鞋太脏了，别进来。

    Nǐ de xié tài zāng le, bié jìnlái.

    Your shoes are too dirty; don't come in.

  3. Speaker A:

    那我在门口换鞋。

    Nà wǒ zài ménkǒu huàn xié.

    Then I'll change my shoes at the door.

  4. Speaker B:

    好，地是我刚擦干净的。

    Hǎo, dì shì wǒ gāng cā gānjìng de.

    Good, I just wiped the floor clean.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.