相干

xiānggān

verb #21,298

Meanings

1 to be relevant to
2 to have to do with
3 coherent (physics)

Characters

mutually / each other

to concern / to involve / to do with

Examples

这件事跟你有什么相干？

Zhè jiàn shì gēn nǐ yǒu shénme xiānggān?

What does this matter have to do with you?

我们讨论的话题与他毫不相干。

Wǒmen tǎolùn de huàtí yǔ tā háobù xiānggān.

The topic we're discussing has nothing to do with him.

激光是相干光的典型例子。

Jīguāng shì xiānggān guāng de diǎnxíng lìzi.

Laser light is a classic example of coherent light.

Tips

usage

In everyday Chinese, 相干 most often appears in negative constructions: 不相干 (irrelevant / nothing to do with) or 毫不相干 (completely unrelated). The physics sense (coherent light) is a technical usage.

Stroke Order

相 xiāng

干 gàn