乾杯

See also: 干杯

Chinese

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		to dry	cup
trad. (乾杯)		乾	杯
simp. (干杯)		干	杯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ bui¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kôn-pî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gon¹ bi¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): gan¹ bei¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kan-poe
• Wu (Wiktionary): koe pe (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gānbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄅㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganbei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganbei
    • Wade–Giles: kan1-pei1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ bui¹
    • Yale: gōn būi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ bui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ bui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ puːy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-pî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon´ bi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gon¹ bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kɔn⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gan¹ bei¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kæ̃¹¹ pei¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-poe
    • Tâi-lô: kan-pue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanpoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² pue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ pue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² pue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ pue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ pue⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: koe pe (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kø⁵⁵ pe̞²¹/

Verb

乾杯

1. to toast; to drink a toast

Interjection

乾杯

1. (colloquial) cheers!; bottoms up!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾杯 (“cheers!”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾杯
Mandarin	Beijing	乾杯
	Taiwan	乾杯
	Harbin	乾杯
	Muping	乾杯
	Jinan	乾杯
	Luoyang	乾杯
	Wanrong	乾杯
	Yinchuan	喝淨, 乾杯
	Lanzhou	乾杯, 乾了
	Xining	乾杯, 乾杯子
	Ürümqi	乾杯
	Wuhan	乾杯
	Chengdu	乾杯, 乾了
	Guiyang	乾了, 喝乾, 見底
	Liuzhou	乾杯
	Xuzhou	乾了, 見底兒, 乾杯
	Nanjing	乾杯
	Singapore	乾杯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飲杯, 飲勝, 乾杯
	Hong Kong	飲杯, 飲勝, 乾杯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	飲勝
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	乾杯
	Macau	飲勝
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	乾杯, 飲勝
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飲勝
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	乾杯, 飲勝
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飲勝
	Foshan	飲勝
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	乾杯, 飲勝
	Foshan (Shunde)	飲勝
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飲勝
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	飲勝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飲勝
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	飲勝
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	飲贏佢
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飲勝
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飲勝
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飲嗮佢
	Taishan	飲嗮佢, 飲勝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飲應佢
	Enping (Niujiang)	飲嗮佢
	Heshan (Yayao)	飲勝
	Dongguan	飲勝, 勝
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	乾杯
	Shaoguan	乾杯, 飲勝
	Yunfu	飲勝
	Xinyi	乾杯
	Lianjiang	乾杯, 飲勝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	飲勝
	Singapore (Guangfu)	飲勝
Gan	Lichuan	乾杯
	Pingxiang	照杯
Hakka	Meixian	乾杯, 深飲, 盡盅
	Xingning	飲勝
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	乾杯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	乾杯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	乾杯
	Conghua (Lütian)	乾杯
	Yudu	乾杯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	乾杯
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	乾杯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)	乾杯
	Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)	乾杯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)	乾杯
	Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)	乾杯
	Hong Kong	飲
	Senai (Huiyang)	飲勝
Huizhou	Jixi	乾杯
Jin	Taiyuan	乾杯
	Xinzhou	乾杯
Min Dong	Fuzhou	乾杯
Min Nan	Taipei	乾杯 GT, 乾 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	飲勝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	焦
	Chaozhou	乾杯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	乾杯
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	乾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飲齊去
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	呷乾
	Suzhou	乾杯, 照面
	Hangzhou	乾杯
	Ningbo	碰杯
	Jinhua	乾杯
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾	杯
かん Grade: S	はい > ぱい Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 乾杯.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんぱい [kàńpáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠mpa̠i]

Verb

乾(かん)杯(ぱい)する • (kanpai suru) suru (stem 乾(かん)杯(ぱい)し (kanpai shi), past 乾(かん)杯(ぱい)した (kanpai shita))

1. to drink a glass dry
2. to toast

Interjection

乾(かん)杯(ぱい) • (kanpai) 

1. cheers! bottoms up! (toast)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
乾	杯

Noun

乾杯 • (geonbae) (hangeul 건배)

1. Hanja form^? of 건배 (“cheers!; bottoms up!”).