yīn
gān

common
verb

Meaning of 阴干

阴干 means to dry in the shade; to shade-dry. Pronounced yīn gān.

  • to dry in the shade; to shade-dry

Definitions & Examples

hǎo
de
fu
zuì
hǎo
yīn
gān
 
yào
bào
shài
 

Washed clothes are best dried in the shade, not exposed to the blazing sun.

Zhè
xiē
zhōng
yào
cái
yào
yīn
gān
bǎo
cún
 
cái
néng
bǎo
chí
yào
xiào
 

These Chinese medicinal herbs need to be shade-dried for storage in order to maintain their potency.

guà
zài
tōng
fēng
chù
yīn
gān
 
zuò
chéng
gān
 

Hang the fish in a ventilated place to dry in the shade, making dried fish.

Yīn
gān
de
hóng
zǎo
shài
gān
de
yán
gèng
hǎo
kàn
 

Shade-dried red dates look better in color than sun-dried ones.