淡泊

Chinese

		insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen	to anchor; touch at; to moor
trad. (淡泊)		淡	泊
simp. #(淡泊)		淡	泊
alternative forms		澹泊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam⁶ bok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǎm-po̍h / tām-po̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànbó
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-po²
    • Yale: dàn-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbor
    • Palladius: даньбо (danʹbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 淡泊 淡薄

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daam⁶ bok⁶
    • Yale: daahm bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam⁶ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam⁶ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm²² pɔːk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 淡泊 淡薄

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm-po̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tǎm-po̍h
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²² poʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-po̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tām-po̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxmpoih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tam²²⁻²¹ poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ pɤʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ poʔ¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: damX|damH bak

Rime
Character	淡	淡	泊
Reading #	2/4	4/4	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	談 (143)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒敢切	徒濫切	傍各切
Baxter	damX	damH	bak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑmX/	/dɑmH/	/bwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑmX/	/dɑmH/	/bʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑmX/	/dɑmH/	/buɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/damX/	/damH/	/bwak̚/
Li Rong	/dɑmX/	/dɑmH/	/buɑk̚/
Wang Li	/dɑmX/	/dɑmH/	/buɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑmX/	/dʱɑmH/	/bʱwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn	dàn	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daam6	daam6	bok6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤamʔ  [b]ˤak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːmʔ|l'aːms  baːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淡	泊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dàn	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ damX ›	‹ bak ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ˁamʔ/	/*[b]ˁak/
English	insipid	calm, still
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淡	淡	泊
Reading #	2/4	3/4	1/1
No.	14300	14305	189
Phonetic component	炎	炎	白
Rime group	談	談	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	噉	憺	泊
Old Chinese	/*l'aːmʔ/	/*l'aːms/	/*baːɡ/

Verb

淡泊

1. (formal) to live a simple life; to not seek fame and wealth

Derived terms

• 淡泊名利 (dànbómínglì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淡泊):

• → Japanese: 淡泊(たんぱく) (tanpaku)
• → Korean: 담박(淡泊) (dambak)

See also

• 恬淡 (tiándàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淡	泊
たん Grade: S	はく > ぱく Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 淡泊 – see the following entry.

【淡白たんぱく】 [adjective] frank, candid [adjective] unselfish, uninterested [adjective] light of flavor, simple, plain (in reference to food) [noun] frankness, candidness [noun] unselfishness, being uninterested [noun] being light of flavor, simplicity, plainness (in reference to food) Alternative spellings 淡薄, 澹泊

(This term, 淡泊, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
淡	泊

Noun

淡泊 • (dambak) (hangeul 담박)

1. hanja form^? of 담박 (“unselfishness, being uninterested; being light of flavor, simplicity, plainness (in reference to food)”)