Chinese word dictionary

氪肝

kè gān · (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing a video game (rather than pay for power-ups)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified氪肝

Traditional氪肝

Pinyinkè gān

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

氪kè

krypton

肝gān

liver

How to learn 氪肝

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

肝gān

liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]); (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy