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慘淡

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
alt. forms		慘澹／惨澹

Adjective

慘淡

gloomy; sombre; dim
sad; desolate
(of business, situation) bleak; slack
painstaking

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cǎndàn

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: cǎndàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄉㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaandann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ta̠n⁵¹/
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑːm³⁵ tɑːm²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-tām
  - Tâi-lô: tshám-tām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmdam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tam³³/