淡淡

Chinese

		insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
trad. (淡淡)		淡	淡
simp. #(淡淡)		淡	淡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dàndàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄉㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dan⁴ dan⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam⁶ daam⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâm-thâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàndàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàndàn
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-tan⁴
    • Yale: dàn-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danndann
    • Palladius: даньдань (danʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dan⁴ dan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dan dan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan²¹³ tan²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam⁶ daam⁶
    • Yale: daahm daahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam⁶ daam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam⁶ dam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm²² taːm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm-thâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: tam^ˊ tam^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam¹ tam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰam²⁴/

Adjective

淡淡

1. light; dull; pale (of colour)
2. plain (of flavour)
3. cold; indifferent; unenthusiastic
4. careless

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淡	淡
たん Grade: S	たん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 澹澹(たんたん) (tantan)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たんたん [tàńtáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tã̠ntã̠ɴ]

Adverb

淡(たん)淡(たん) • (tantan) 

1. calmly, quietly

   彼女(かのじょ)は淡々(たんたん)と語(かた)った。

   Kanojo wa tantan to katatta.

   She spoke calmly.