Gan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 贛／赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”).

Proper noun

Gan

  1. One of the major divisions of the Chinese language spoken in Jiangxi province

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Gan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がん

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: Gan

Proper noun

Gan m pers or f

  1. a masculine surname
  2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Gan
singular plural
nominative Gan Ganowie
genitive Gana Ganów
dative Ganowi Ganom
accusative Gana Ganów
instrumental Ganem Ganami
locative Ganie Ganach
vocative Ganie Ganowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Romanization of Hokkien 顏／颜 (Gân).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡan/, [ˈɡan]

Proper noun

Gan

  1. a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gan is the 322nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 24,683 individuals.

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