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淡

dàn

HSK 5 Character

What 淡 means

1. insipid
2. diluted
3. weak
4. mild
5. light in color
6. tasteless
7. indifferent
8. (variant of {氮|dàn}) nitrogen

Example sentences

• 这太淡了。
  This is tasteless.
• 她淡淡一笑。
  She gave a faint smile.
• 我对她很冷淡。
  I was very cold towards her.
• 鲑鱼在淡水中产卵。
  Guīyú zài dànshuǐ zhōng chǎnluǎn.
  Salmon lay their eggs in fresh water.
• 我肯定这是淡水鱼。
  Wǒ kěndìng zhè shì dànshuǐyú.
  I'm sure that this is a fresh water fish.
• 你有任何淡啤酒吗？
  Do you have any light beer?

Words starting with 淡

• 淡季dàn jìoff season; slow business season; see also 旺季
• 淡水dàn shuǐfreshwater
• 淡淡dàn dànfaint; dim; dull
• 淡化dàn huàto water down; to play down; to trivialize
• 淡然dàn rántranquil and calm; indifferent
• 淡忘dàn wàngto gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory
• 淡漠dàn mòapathetic; indifferent; unsympathetic
• 淡薄dàn bóthin; light; flagging
• 淡出dàn chūto fade out (cinema); to withdraw from (politics, acting etc); to fade from (memory)
• 淡雅dàn yǎsimple and elegant
• 淡泊dàn bóliving a simple life
• 淡黄dàn huánglight yellow
• 淡光dàn guāngshimmer
• 淡入dàn rùto fade in (cinema)
• 淡定dàn dìngcalm and collected; unperturbed
• 淡水区Dàn shuǐ QūTamsui or Danshui District, New Taipei City 新北市
• 淡水湖dàn shuǐ húfreshwater lake
• 淡水鱼dàn shuǐ yúfreshwater fish
• 淡蓝色dàn lán sèlight blue
• 淡泊名利dàn bó míng lìnot caring about fame and fortune (idiom); indifferent to worldly rewards
• 淡泊明志dàn bó míng zhìliving a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
• 淡啤dàn pílight beer
• 淡妆dàn zhuānglight makeup
• 淡妆浓抹dàn zhuāng nóng mǒin light or heavy makeup (idiom)

Words containing 淡

• 清淡qīng dànlight (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)
• 冷淡lěng dàncold; indifferent
• 平淡píng dànflat; dull; ordinary
• 暗淡àn dàndark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
• 轻描淡写qīng miáo dàn xiě(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
• 扯淡chě dànto talk nonsense
• 冲淡chōng dànto dilute
• 惨淡cǎn dàndark; gloomy; dismal
• 恬淡tián dànquiet and contented; indifferent to fame or gain
• 平淡无奇píng dàn wú qíordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
• 涵淡hán dànwaves
• 浓淡nóng dànshade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
• 看淡kàn dànto regard as unimportant; to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc)…
• 雅淡yǎ dànsimple and elegant
• 性冷淡xìng lěng dànfrigidity
• 冷淡关系lěng dàn guān xìcold relations (e.g. between countries)
• 粗茶淡饭cū chá dàn fànplain tea and simple food; (fig.) bread and water
• 惨淡经营cǎn dàn jīng yíngto manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
• 疏淡shū dànsparse; thin; distant
• 浅淡qiǎn dànlight (color); pale; vague (feeling)
• 白扯淡bái chě dàn(colloquial) to talk rubbish
• 胡扯淡hú chě dànnonsense; irresponsible patter
• 寡淡guǎ dàninsipid; bland; indifferent
• 咸淡xián dànsalty and unsalty (flavors); degree of saltiness; brackish (water)

Characters built on 炎

These share the phonetic component 炎 (yán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 谈tánto speak; to talk; to converse
• 毯tǎnblanket; rug
• 氮dànnitrogen (chemistry)
• 痰tánphlegm; spittle
• 琰yǎngem; glitter of gems
• 郯Tánsurname Tan; name of an ancient city
• 啖dànto eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
• 剡shànriver in Zhejiang

Characters that look like 淡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 渡dùto cross; to pass through; to ferry
• 浸jìnto immerse; to soak; to steep
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 浚jùnto dredge (a river)

Sounds the same

Read dàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 但but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 蛋egg; oval-shaped thing
• 弹crossball; bullet; shot
• 旦(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
• 诞birth; birthday; brag
• 惮dread; fear; dislike
• 担picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load
• 氮nitrogen (chemistry)
• 澹tranquil; placid; quiet
• 石dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; ancient pr. shí
• 啖to eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
• 萏lotus