淡 dàn

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Traditional form

淡 dàn

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

water

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵炎

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

炎 yán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 炎 yán represents the sound.

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 淡 dàn in different contexts.

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叶绿体 yè lǜ tǐ 的 de 套 tào 膜 mó 有 yǒu 紫 zǐ 黄质的淡黄色 huáng sè .

The chloroplast envelope has the light yellow color of violaxanthin.

她 tā 的 de 女伴 nǚ bàn 身体 shēntǐ 稍 shāo 矮 ǎi , 头发 tóufa 淡 dàn 褐色 hè sè ,富于 fù yú 表情 biǎoqíng 有 yǒu 双 Shuāng 蓝 Lán 眼睛 yǎnjing .

Her companion was of lower stature, with lightbrown hair and expressive blue eyes.

落日 luò rì 把 bǎ 湖水染上 rǎn shàng 淡 dàn 淡的粉红色 fěn hóng sè .

The sunset tinged the lake with pink.

它 tā 的 de 皮 Pí ,光滑 guānghuá 而 ér 有 yǒu 银色 yín sè 的 de 晕 yūn 圈 juān ,微微 wēi wēi 泛 fàn 出 chū 淡 dàn 青色 qīng sè .

Their glossy barks are a faint light green with hazy silver spots.

你 nǐ 可以 kěyǐ 加 Jiā 水 Shuǐ 把 bǎ 茶 chá 弄 lòng 得 dé 淡 dàn 一些 yī xiē .

You can weaken the tea by adding water.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 淡 dàn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
淡 dàn	insipid	淡 dàn
扯淡 chě dàn	to talk nonsense	扯淡 chě dàn
平淡 píng dàn	flat	平淡 píng dàn
淡淡 dàn dàn	faint	淡淡 dàn dàn
冷淡 lěngdàn	cold	冷淡 lěngdàn
清淡 qīngdàn	insipid	清淡 qīngdàn
淡然 dàn rán	indifferent	淡然 dàn rán
淡水 Dànshuǐ	fresh water	淡水 Dànshuǐ
淡忘 dàn wàng	to be forgotten	淡忘 dàn wàng
淡化 dàn huà	to water down	淡化 dàn huà
暗淡 àn dàn	dark	暗淡 àn dàn
黯淡 àn dàn	dark	黯淡 àn dàn
轻描淡写 qīng miáo dàn xiě	to play down	輕描淡寫
平淡无奇 píng dàn wú qí	ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about	平淡無奇
淡出 dàn chū	to fade out (cinema)	淡出 dàn chū
淡季 dànjì	off season	淡季 dànjì
惨淡 cǎn dàn	dark	慘淡
冲淡 chōng dàn	to dilute	沖淡
淡漠 dàn mò	apathetic	淡漠 dàn mò
淡薄 dàn bó	thin	淡薄 dàn bó
淡泊 dàn bó	living a simple life	淡泊 dàn bó
淡雅 dàn yǎ	simple and elegant	淡雅 dàn yǎ
淡水鱼 dàn shuǐ yú	freshwater fish	淡水魚