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

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

(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

chữ Hán form of ảm đạm (“gloomy”).

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