暗淡

暗淡

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in color; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
trad. (暗淡)		暗	淡
simp. #(暗淡)		暗	淡
alternative forms		黯淡 暗澹 黯澹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àndàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ daam⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): àm-tām / àm-tǎm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àndàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àndàn
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-tan⁴
    • Yale: àn-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anndann
    • Palladius: аньдань (anʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ daam⁶
    • Yale: am daahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ daam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ dam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ taːm²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-tām
    • Tâi-lô: àm-tām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: armdam
    • IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ tam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ tam³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ tam²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-tǎm
    • Tâi-lô: àm-tǎm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tam²²/

Adjective

暗淡

1. (literally and figuratively) dim; dull; dismal

   前途暗淡  ―  qiántú àndàn  ―  dim future

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 暗淡

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)

黑暗 (hēi'àn) 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds) 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn) 慘白／惨白 (cǎnbái) 烏暗／乌暗 (Min Nan)

Antonyms

• 燦爛／灿烂 (cànlàn)
• 鮮亮／鲜亮 (xiānliàng)
• 鮮明／鲜明 (xiānmíng)
• 鮮豔／鲜艳 (xiānyàn)

Derived terms

暗淡無光／暗淡无光 (àndànwúguāng)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
暗	淡

Adjective

暗淡

1. chữ Hán form of ảm đạm (“gloomy”).