粵

乾gon1旱hon5

simp干旱
gon1 hon5gān hàn

English

  1. drought
  2. (of land or air) arid; dry
  3. (of land, climate etc) arid; dry

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容土壤、空氣、物質缺少水份

Examples

  • 乾旱皮膚

    dry skin

  • 頭髮乾旱開叉

    dry and split hair

  • 中亞洲嗰頭嘅草原比較乾旱。

    The steppes around Central Asia are relatively arid.

  • 就算天氣乾旱,嗰口井嘅水都唔會乾涸。

    Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

  • 這是三十年代以來最乾旱的六月。

    This has been the driest six months in thirty years.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 去年那个地区遭受了60年来最严重的干旱。

    Last year the region was visited by the worst drought in 60 years.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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