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daam6 taam5
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[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.
See [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]  Stroke count: 11
Level: 2
Radical: 水 (#85)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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慘淡
caam2 daam6 = dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort; var. of 惨淡
淡水
taam5 seoi2 = freshwater; local
沖淡
cung1 taam5 = dilute
冷淡
laang5 daam6 = cold and indifferent
淡季
daam6 gwai3 = 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 = freshwater fish 粵
淡菜
daam6 coi3 = dried mussel
淡月
daam6 jyut6 = a slack month
淡奶
taam5 naai5 = evaporated milkSee all 42 compounds |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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