慘淡

慘淡

See also: 惨淡

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in color; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
trad. (慘淡)		慘	淡
simp. (惨淡)		惨	淡
alternative forms		慘澹／惨澹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎndàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² daam⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chhám-tām / chhám-tǎm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎndàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎndàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-tan⁴
    • Yale: tsǎn-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaandann
    • Palladius: цаньдань (canʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tän⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam² daam⁶
    • Yale: cháam daahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² daam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam² dam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ taːm²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-tām
    • Tâi-lô: tshám-tām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmdam
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tam³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-tǎm
    • Tâi-lô: tshám-tǎm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tam²²/

Adjective

慘淡

1. gloomy; sombre; dim
2. sad; desolate
3. (of business, situation, etc.) bleak; slack

   • 這些日子，家中光景很是慘澹，一半為了喪事，一半為了父親賦閒。 [MSC, trad.]
     这些日子，家中光景很是惨澹，一半为了丧事，一半为了父亲赋闲。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 背影 (Retreating Figure)

     Zhèxiē rìzi, jiā zhōng guāngjǐng hěn shì cǎndàn, yībàn wèile sāngshì, yībàn wèile fùqīn fùxián. [Pinyin]

     These days our family is in reduced circumstances, due partly to the funeral expenses and partly to father's unemployment.

4. painstaking

Synonyms

• (dim):

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Synonyms of 慘淡

冥冥 (míngmíng) (literary) 昏暗 (hūn'àn) 昏沉 (hūnchén) 昏黑 (hūnhēi) 晦冥 (huìmíng) (literary, used both literally and figuratively) 晦暗 (huì'àn) (literary)

暗淡 (àndàn) (used both literally and figuratively) 黑暗 (hēi'àn) 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds) 慘白／惨白 (cǎnbái) 烏暗／乌暗 (Min Nan)

• (sad):

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Synonyms of 慘淡

京京 (jīngjīng) (literary) 刺心 (cìxīn) 哀切 (āiqiè) 哀怨 (āiyuàn) 哀戚 (āiqī) (literary) 哀痛 (āitòng) 心酸 (xīnsuān) 悄然 (qiǎorán) (literary) 悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular) 悲切 (bēiqiè) (literary) 悲哀 (bēi'āi) 悲戚 (bēiqī) 悲摧 (bēicuī) (literary) 悲楚 (bēichǔ) (literary) 悲痛 (bēitòng) 悲苦 (bēikǔ) 愁楚 (chóuchǔ) (literary) 沉痛 (chéntòng) 痛心 (tòngxīn) 酸心 (suānxīn) 青凊 (Min Nan) 黯然 (ànrán) 傷心／伤心 (shāngxīn) 傷悲／伤悲 (shāngbēi) (literary) 傷感／伤感 (shānggǎn) 傷懷／伤怀 (shānghuái) (literary) 傷痛／伤痛 (shāngtòng) 傷神／伤神 (shāngshén) (literary) 哀傷／哀伤 (āishāng) 哀悽／哀凄 (āiqī) 哀慟／哀恸 (āitòng)

悱惻／悱恻 (fěicè) (literary) 悲傷／悲伤 (bēishāng) 悲悽／悲凄 (bēiqī) 悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng) (literary) 悲慘／悲惨 (bēicǎn) 悲慟／悲恸 (bēitòng) 悲涼／悲凉 (bēiliáng) 悽惶／凄惶 (qīhuáng) (literary) 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng) (literary) 悽戚／凄戚 (qīqī) (literary) 情傷／情伤 (qíngshāng) (literary) 惻然／恻然 (cèrán) (literary) 愀愴／愀怆 (qiǎochuàng) 感傷／感伤 (gǎnshāng) 愴然／怆然 (chuàngrán) (literary) 慘／惨 (cǎn) 慘悽／惨凄 (cǎnqī) 憂傷／忧伤 (yōushāng) 憂愁／忧愁 (yōuchóu) 憂戚／忧戚 (yōuqī) (literary) 憯懍／憯懔 (cǎnlǐn) 懤懤／㤽㤽 (chóuchóu) 淒切／凄切 (qīqiè) 淒惻／凄恻 (qīcè) (literary) 淒慘／凄惨 (qīcǎn) 淒楚／凄楚 (qīchǔ) 淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng) 淒然／凄然 (qīrán) (literary) 蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng) 難受／难受 (nánshòu) 難過／难过 (nánguò)

• (bleak):

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不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong) 冷淡 (lěngdàn) 清淡 (qīngdàn)

不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì) 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)

• (painstaking):

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Synonyms of 慘淡

不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal) 密切 (mìqiè) 小心 (xiǎoxīn) 慎密 (shènmì) 慎重 (shènzhòng) 板正 (bǎnzhèng) 精心 (jīngxīn) 鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary) 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì) 嚴／严 (yán) 嚴肅／严肃 (yánsù) 嚴謹／严谨 (yánjǐn)

審慎／审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal) 正經／正经 (zhèngjīng) 當心／当心 (dāngxīn) 精細／精细 (jīngxì) 細心／细心 (xìxīn) 細膩 (Min) 認真／认真 (rènzhēn) 謹嚴／谨严 (jǐnyán) 謹慎／谨慎 (jǐnshèn) 較真／较真 (jiàozhēn) (colloquial) 過細／过细 (guòxì)

Antonyms

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Synonyms of 慘淡

卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary) 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary) 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary) 旺盛 (wàngshèng) 昌 (chāng) (literary, or in compounds) 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.) 昌盛 (chāngshèng) 昌隆 (chānglóng) 火爆 (huǒbào) 繁盛 (fánshèng) 茂盛 (màoshèng) 蓬勃 (péngbó) 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)

隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary) 隆盛 (lóngshèng) 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng) 富強／富强 (fùqiáng) 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng) 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì) 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary) 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China) 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng) 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá) 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng) 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng) 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)

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