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 colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
trad. (慘淡)		慘	淡
simp. (惨淡)		惨	淡
alternative forms		慘澹／惨澹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎndàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² daam⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhám-tām / chhám-tǎm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎndàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎndàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-tan⁴
    • Yale: tsǎn-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaandann
    • Palladius: цаньдань (canʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam² daam⁶
    • Yale: cháam daahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² daam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam² dam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ taːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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

(deprecated template usage) 慘淡

1. gloomy; sombre; dim
2. sad; desolate
3. (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, (deprecated template usage) 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.

4. painstaking