暗淡

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; 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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, 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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ daam⁶
    • Yale: am daahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ daam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ dam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ taːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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

• 冥冥 (míngmíng) (literary)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 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)
• 烏暗／乌暗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 陰幽／阴幽 (yīnyōu) (literary)
• 黑暗 (hēi'àn)

 

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)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暗	淡

Adjective

暗淡

1. chữ Hán form of ảm đạm (“gloomy”).