"Gan" meaning in English

See Gan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Mandarin 贛/赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|贛|Gàn|Jiangxi; Gan (language)}} 贛/赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gan
  1. One of the major varieties of Chinese, spoken in Jiangxi province. Categories (topical): Languages Translations (variety of Chinese): كَن (kan) [masculine] (Arabic), 贛語 /赣语 (Kàm-gí / Kàm-gú) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 贛語 /赣语 (gam³ jyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 江西話 /江西话 (gong¹ sai¹ waa²) (Chinese Cantonese), 贛語 /赣语 (gànyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 江西話 /江西话 (jiāngxīhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 贛語 /赣语 (Gáng-ngṳ̄) (Eastern Min Chinese), gan-kiina (Finnish), gan [masculine] (French), 江西話 /江西话 (kong si ua) (Gan Chinese), Gan [neuter] (German), 贛語 /赣语 (Kàm-ngî) (Hakka Chinese), カン語 (kango) (Japanese), 贛語 (kango) (alt: かんご) (Japanese), 간어 (ganeo) (Korean), гань (ganʹ) [masculine] (Russian), цзянси́йский (czjansíjskij) (alt: диале́кт, язы́к) [masculine] (Russian), tiếng Cám (Vietnamese), Cám ngữ (Vietnamese), 贛語 /赣语 (⁵koe-gniu) (Wu Chinese)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Gan
  1. Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Ngen (extra: dialect of the Beng language) Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Gan-en-name--uUazCak Disambiguation of Languages: 17 39 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 52 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 21 39 19 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 43 14 9 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Forms: Gans [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 甘 (Gān), Hokkien 顏/颜 (Gân), etc. Etymology templates: {{wp|Gan (surname)}}, {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|^甘}} 甘 (Gān), {{bor|en|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{zh-l|顏|tr=Gân}} 顏/颜 (Gân) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Gan (countable and uncountable, plural Gans)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Gan-en-name-EMUC1F3L Disambiguation of Languages: 17 39 44 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Gan Chinese"
  ],
  "word": "Gan"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Hokkien",
    "English terms borrowed from Mandarin",
    "English terms derived from Hokkien",
    "English terms derived from Mandarin",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Languages"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Gan (surname)"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "^甘"
      },
      "expansion": "甘 (Gān)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "顏",
        "tr": "Gân"
      },
      "expansion": "顏/颜 (Gân)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Mandarin 甘 (Gān), Hokkien 顏/颜 (Gân), etc.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Gans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "Gan (countable and uncountable, plural Gans)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Gan Chinese"
  ],
  "word": "Gan"
}

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