淡

The character "淡" has 11 strokes. "淡" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "淡" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "淡" are "dàn" . View the stroke order of "淡">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "淡"

adj.: (of food, drinks, etc) bland; tasteless; weak; (of liquid, air, etc) thin; light; (of colour) light; pale; indifferent; cool; (of business, etc) dull; slack; stagnant; meaningless; trivial

• tasteless : adj.无味的；不可口的；无品位的；无鉴赏力的；格调低俗的；庸俗的
• weak : adj.无力的；缺少体力（精力）的；虚弱无力的；易破的；易倒塌的；易坏的；微弱的；词尾变化的；弱的；无说服力的
• light : n.光；了解；识破；启迪；亮部；引火物；窗；采光窗洞；杰出的人；有声望的人；显赫人物；待填空格
• pale : adj.浅的；淡的；淡薄的；苍白的；软弱的；较差的
• indifferent : adj.不感兴趣的；冷淡的；不同情的；不关心的；不好不坏的；中等的；普通的；平庸的；一般的；相当差的
• cool : adj.凉快的；凉爽的；冷淡的；不热心的；酷的；整整的；不折不扣的；清凉的；冷静的；不错
• slack : adj.不紧的；松弛的；萧条的；不活跃的；清淡的；淫荡的；猥亵的；下流的；弛缓的；平缓的
• stagnant : adj.停滞的；不流动的；因不流动有难闻气味的；呆滞的；死气沉沉的；不活跃的
• meaningless : adj.无意义的；无目的的；没有理智的
• trivial : adj.琐碎的；无价值的；不重要的；务小的；浅薄的；平凡的

Form words with "淡"

淡粉红色 delicate shade of pink

淡咖啡 weak coffee

Example phrases using "淡"

• 一朝情义淡，样样不顺眼。

  Faults are thick while love is thin.

• 我对他的热情淡下来了。

  My enthusiasm for him cooled off.

• 这道菜有点儿淡。

  The dish is a little bit bland. / This dish wants some more salt.

• 啤酒味道又酸又淡，还有股霉味。

  The beer tasted sour, thin, and musty.

• 有着一副女高音嗓门的淡金发女郎。

  (be possessed of)a fading blonde possessed of a powerful soprano voice.

• 颜色相配的浅黄褐色和淡棕色。

  [count noun]matching fawns and beiges.

• 墙壁刷上了淡柠檬色的颜料。

  The walls were covered with a pale lemon wash.

• 一头淡茶色的头发只到我的肩膀。

  His sandy hair only came up to my shoulder.

• 颜色非常淡；被白色大大的削弱。

  Very light colored; highly diluted with white.

• 我喜欢淡颜色，比较雅致的裙子。

  Eg: I like the delicate dress.