乾杯

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
乾	杯

乾 (かん, kan, “dry”) + 杯 (ぱい, pai, “cup”)

Interjection

乾杯 (hiragana かんぱい, romaji kanpai)

1. cheers; common toast. Idiomatically, bottoms up

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Mandarin

simpl.		干杯
trad.		乾杯

Etymology

干 gān ("dry") + 杯 bēi ("cup")

Verb

乾杯 (traditional, Pinyin gānbēi, simplified 干杯)

1. to toast, to drink a toast

Interjection

乾杯 (traditional, Pinyin gānbēi, simplified 干杯)

1. (colloquial) cheers!; bottoms up!

References

• 1997, Jerome P. Keuper, Chinese 1000: Idiomatic and Colloquial Expressions (中国话：习惯用法和口语的表达法) (in English/Mandarin), Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, ISBN 1-57524-006-8: