恬淡

Chinese

		quiet, calm, tranquil, peaceful	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
trad. (恬淡)		恬	淡
simp. #(恬淡)		恬	淡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiándàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁴ daam⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâm-tǎm / tiâm-tām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiándàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiándàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²-tan⁴
    • Yale: tyán-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyandann
    • Palladius: тяньдань (tjanʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tim⁴ daam⁶
    • Yale: tìhm daahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁴ daam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim⁴ dam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm²¹ taːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâm-tǎm
    • Tâi-lô: tiâm-tǎm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam²⁴⁻²² tam²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâm-tām
    • Tâi-lô: tiâm-tām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diamdam
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiam¹³⁻²² tam²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam²⁴⁻²² tam²²/

Adjective

恬淡

1. indifferent to fame or gain
2. peaceful; quiet; tranquil

Synonyms

• (peaceful):

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• 和平 (hépíng)
• 嗼寂 (mòjì)
• 安恬 (āntián) (literary)
• 安生 (ānshēng)
• 安謐 / 安谧 (ānmì) (literary)
• 安靖 (ānjìng) (literary)
• 安靜 / 安静 (ānjìng)
• 寂寥 (jìliáo)
• 寂寞 (jìmò)
• 寂然 (jìrán) (literary)
• 寂靜 / 寂静 (jìjìng)
• 寧靜 / 宁静 (níngjìng)
• 平和
• 平靜 / 平静 (píngjìng)
• 幽靜 / 幽静 (yōujìng)
• 恬 (Hakka, literary or Min Nan)
• 恬倓 (tiántán)
• 恬謐 / 恬谧 (tiánmì) (literary)
• 恬靜 / 恬静 (tiánjìng)
• 悄悄 (qiāoqiāo)
• 沉寂 (chénjì)
• 沉靜 / 沉静 (chénjìng)
• 清淨 / 清净 (qīngjìng)
• 清靜 / 清静 (qīngjìng)
• 自靜 / 自静 (zi³ jing²) (Jin)
• 靜寂 / 静寂 (jìngjì)
• 靜寂寂 / 静寂寂 (Hokkien)
• 靜悄悄 / 静悄悄 (jìngqiāoqiāo)
• 靜生生 / 静生生 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Related terms

• 淡泊 (dànbó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恬淡):

• → Japanese: 恬淡(てんたん) (tentan)