慘淡
See also: 惨淡
Chinese edit
miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic |
insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (慘淡) | 慘 | 淡 | |
| simp. (惨淡) | 惨 | 淡 | |
| alternative forms | 慘澹／惨澹 | ||
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
慘淡
- gloomy; sombre; dim
- sad; desolate
- (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.]
- 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.
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.]
- painstaking
Synonyms edit
- (dim):
- 冥冥 (míngmíng) (literary)
- 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 慘白／惨白 (cǎnbái)
- 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)
- 烏暗／乌暗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 陰幽／阴幽 (yīnyōu) (literary)
- 黑暗 (hēi'àn)
- (sad):
- 京京 (jīngjīng) (literary)
- 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)
- 刺心 (cìxīn)
- 哀傷／哀伤 (āishāng)
- 哀切 (āiqiè)
- 哀怨 (āiyuàn)
- 哀悽／哀凄 (āiqī)
- 哀慟／哀恸 (āitòng)
- 哀戚 (āiqī) (literary)
- 哀痛 (āitòng)
- 心酸 (xīnsuān)
- 怛傷／怛伤 (dáshāng) (literary)
- 悄然 (qiǎorán) (literary)
- 情傷／情伤 (qíngshāng) (literary)
- 悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
- 悲傷／悲伤 (bēishāng)
- 悲切 (bēiqiè) (literary)
- 悲哀 (bēi'āi)
- 悲悽／悲凄 (bēiqī)
- 悱惻／悱恻 (fěicè) (literary)
- 悽惶／凄惶 (qīhuáng) (literary)
- 悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng) (literary)
- 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng) (literary)
- 悲慘／悲惨 (bēicǎn)
- 悲慟／悲恸 (bēitòng)
- 悲戚 (bēiqī)
- 悽戚／凄戚 (qīqī) (literary)
- 悲摧 (bēicuī) (literary)
- 悲楚 (bēichǔ) (literary)
- 悲涼／悲凉 (bēiliáng)
- 悲痛 (bēitòng)
- 悲苦 (bēikǔ)
- 感傷／感伤 (gǎnshāng)
- 愀愴／愀怆 (qiǎochuàng)
- 愁楚 (chóuchǔ) (literary)
- 惻然／恻然 (cèrán) (literary)
- 愴然／怆然 (chuàngrán) (literary)
- 慘／惨 (cǎn)
- 憂傷／忧伤 (yōushāng)
- 慘悽／惨凄 (cǎnqī)
- 憂愁／忧愁 (yōuchóu)
- 憂戚／忧戚 (yōuqī) (literary)
- 憯懍／憯懔 (cǎnlǐn)
- 懤懤／㤽㤽 (chóuchóu)
- 沉痛 (chéntòng)
- 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)
- 痛心 (tòngxīn)
- 艱苦心／艰苦心 (Hokkien)
- 蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
- 酸心 (suānxīn)
- 難受／难受 (nánshòu)
- 難過／难过 (nánguò)
- 青凊 (Hokkien)
- 黯然 (ànrán)
- (bleak):
- (painstaking):
- 不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal)
- 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì)
- 嚴／严 (yán)
- 嚴肅／严肃 (yánsù)
- 嚴謹／严谨 (yánjǐn)
- 密切 (mìqiè)
- 審慎／审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal)
- 小心 (xiǎoxīn)
- 慎密 (shènmì)
- 慎重 (shènzhòng)
- 板正 (bǎnzhèng)
- 正經／正经
- 當心／当心 (dāngxīn)
- 精心 (jīngxīn)
- 精細／精细 (jīngxì)
- 細心／细心 (xìxīn)
- 細膩／细腻 (xìnì) (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)
- 鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary)
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “bleak”):
- 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)