(gān bēi) - to drink a toast, cheers, bottoms up in Mandarin
gānbēiTraditional: 乾杯
Translation
to drink a toast, cheers, bottoms up
Word origin
A verb-object compound of 干 (gān, dry, to empty) and 杯 (bēi, cup), literally to dry the cup, hence to drain one's glass in a toast.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 干 (gān, to empty) + 杯 (bēi, cup)
Stroke order
干
杯
Examples
，谊！
Come on, a toast to friendship!
举。
Everyone raised their glasses for a toast.
。
We drank a toast to his success.
，！
Happy birthday, cheers!
：，。
Smiling, he said, bottoms up, finish this glass.
干杯 (gān bēi) literally means to empty the cup and is the standard toast, equivalent to cheers or bottoms up. At the table it often signals draining the whole glass in one go.
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