The Chinese word **烘干** (hōnggān) is a verb-object compound word formed by combining the character **烘** (hōng), meaning "to warm by fire" or "to dry with heat," with the character **干** (gān), meaning "dry." In this construction, **烘** acts as the verb describing the method of applying heat, while **干** serves as the object or result of that action, indicating the state achieved. Therefore, the word literally means "to dry by applying heat" and is used to describe the process of drying something, like clothes or food, through a heating mechanism.