Gan

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

Gan

1. One of the major varieties of Chinese, spoken in Jiangxi province.

• Ethnologue entry for Gan, gan ⁠

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gan terms

Gan

1. Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”).

Borrowed from Mandarin 甘 (Gān), Hokkien 顏／颜 (Gân), etc.

Gan (countable and uncountable, plural Gans)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gan is the 11,003^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2891 individuals. Gan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (73.19%) and White individuals (20.96%).

• AGN, ANG, GNA, NGA, nag

Gan

1. Rōmaji transcription of がん

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Gan

Gan m pers

1. a male surname

Gan f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• “Gan”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

From Hokkien 顏 / 颜 (Gân). Doublet of Yan.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡan/ [ˈɡan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Gan

Gan (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

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

• nag-, nga, ang, Ang