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
variant forms		慘澹／惨澹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎndàn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² daam⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chhám-tām / chhám-tǎm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: cǎndàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄉㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaandann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tän⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    慘淡／惨淡
    慘澹／惨澹
    黲淡
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam² daam⁶
  - Yale: cháam daahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² daam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam² dam⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːm³⁵ täːm²²/
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

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.]
  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.
painstaking

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