清淡

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
trad. (清淡)		清	淡
simp. #(清淡)		清	淡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngdàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ daam⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-tǎm / chheng-tām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngdàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingdàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-tan⁴
    • Yale: chīng-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingdann
    • Palladius: циндань (cindanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ daam⁶
    • Yale: chīng daahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ daam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ dam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ taːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-tǎm
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-tǎm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ tam²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-tām
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-tām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengdam
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tam³³/

Adjective

清淡

1. (of food) light; mild; not greasy or strongly flavoured
2. (of colour or smell) delicate; weak; slight
3. (of business) slack; sluggish; slow
4. (of style) fresh and elegant

Synonyms

• (slack):

• 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
• 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “slack”):

• 全盛 (quánshèng)
• 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
• 富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
• 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
• 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
• 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
• 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
• 昌隆 (chānglóng)
• 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
• 暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
• 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
• 火爆 (huǒbào)
• 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
• 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
• 繁盛 (fánshèng)
• 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
• 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
• 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
• 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 蓬勃 (péngbó)
• 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
• 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
• 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
• 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)