淡 (daam6 taam5 | dan4) : bland; thin; light; indifferent; dull

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淡

daam6 taam5

dan4

[1] (of food, drinks, etc) bland; tasteless; weak | [antonym] 鹹
[2] (of liquid, air, fragrance, etc) thin; light | [antonym] 濃
[3] (of colour) light; pale; delicate
[4] indifferent; cool; not enthusiastic
[5] (of business, etc) dull; slack; stagnant

Jyutping daam6 is for literary expressions such as 口味清淡. Taam5 is for colloquial expressions such as 心淡 or 口淡淡.

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

淡

This word has been viewed 8939 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd May 2013 08:17

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慘淡 caam2 daam6 can3 dan = dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort; var. of 惨淡

淡水 taam5 seoi2 dan4 shui3 = freshwater; local

沖淡 cung1 taam5 chong1 dan4 = dilute

冷淡 laang5 daam6 leng3 dan4 = cold and indifferent

淡季 daam6 gwai3 dan4 ji4 = off-season, not the peak season

平淡 ping4 daam6 = [adj] mild (in color); mild-flavored; nothing exciting; flat, insipid, dull, ordinary

淡水魚 taam5 seoi2 jyu4*2 dan4 shui3 yu2 = freshwater fish 粵

淡菜 daam6 coi3 dan4 cai4 = dried mussel

淡月 daam6 jyut6 = a slack month

淡奶 taam5 naai5 = evaporated milk

淡茂茂 taam5 mau4 mau4 = very insipid; very weak; very tasteless

淡忘 daam6 mong4 = to fade from memory

反應冷淡 faan2 jing3 laang5 daam6 = lukewarm

淡酒 taam5 zau2 = [n] weak or mild wine

淡色 taam5 sik1 = [n] light color, light colour

淡煙 taam5 jin1 = [n] mild tobacco

淡水湖 taam5 seoi2 wu4 = a freshwater lake

冷淡下去 laang5 daam6 haa6 heoi3 leng3 dan4 xia4 qu4 = cold shoulder

唔鹹唔淡 m4 haam4 m4 taam5 = speak the other language with an accent 粵

淡然 daam6 jin4 = indifferent

半鹹半淡 bun3 haam4 bun3 taam5 = low quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery

半鹹淡 bun3 haam4 taam5 = low quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery

淡定 daam6 ding6 = calm and confident; unflappable; not to worry; not to be afraid 粵

淡市 daam6 si5 = poor business, business is not thriving

輕描淡寫 hing1 miu4 daam6 se2 = to understate, play down

淡水小龍蝦 taam5 seoi2 siu2 lung4 haa1 = crawfish

扯淡 ce2 taam5 che3 dan4 = to talk nonsense, bullshit; nonsense

心淡 sam1 taam5 = discouraged, dejected 粵

口味淡 hau2 mei6 taam5 = having a weak taste; bland

淡汗 taam5 hon6 = abnormal sweating due to general debility 粵

暗淡 am3 daam6 an4 dan4 = dim, faint

淡出 daam6 ceot1 dan4 chu1 = to fade out

口淡淡 hau2 taam5 taam5 kou3 dan4 dan4 = to have a loss of appetite 粵

黯淡 am2 daam6 an4 dan4 = dismal; dull; faint; gloomy

清淡 cing1 daam6 qing1 dan4 = placid, mild

淡化 daam6 faa3 dan4 hua4 = to water down; desalinate

淡靜 daam6 zing6 dan4 jing4 = calm; quiet

冷淡關係 laang5 daam6 gwaan1 hai6 leng3 dan4 guan1 xi4 = cold relations (e.g. between countries)

海水化淡 hoi2 seoi2 faa3 taam5 hai3 shui3 hua4 dan4 = desalination

粗茶淡飯 cou1 caa4 taam5 faan6 cu1 cha2 dan4 fan4 = homely fare

淡泊 daam6 bok6 dan4 bo2 = indifferent to

淡水鎮 taam5 seoi2 zan3 dan4 shui3 zhen4 = Tanshui (town in Taiwan)

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