"平淡" meaning in Chinese

See 平淡 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pʰiŋ³⁵ tän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pʰɪŋ²¹ taːm²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² tam²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tam³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ tam³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pʰiŋ³⁵ tän⁵¹/, /pʰɪŋ²¹ taːm²²/, /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam²²/, /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam⁴¹/, /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² tam²²/, /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tam³³/, /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ tam³³/ Chinese transliterations: píngdàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ping⁴ daam⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], pêng-tām, píngdàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], píngdàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pʻing²-tan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], píng-dàn [Mandarin, Yale], pyngdann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], пиндань [Mandarin, Palladius], pindanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], pìhng daahm [Cantonese, Yale], ping⁴ daam⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ping⁴ dam⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pêng-tām [Hokkien, POJ], pîng-tām [Hokkien, Tai-lo], pengdam [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 平淡
  1. (of life, conversation, etc.) flat; insipid; ordinary; dull (of artwork or composition) bald; blunt (of a person's nature) gentle; mild; placid; moderate Tags: usually Derived forms: 平平淡淡, 平淡無奇, 平淡无奇
    Sense id: en-平淡-zh-adj-QH7kgy5P Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 一般 (yībān), 一般子 (i6 ban1 zr) [Xiang], [Hokkien, Xiamen], 凡庸 (fányōng), 尋常 (xúncháng), 寻常 (xúncháng), 對頭 (english: chiefly in the negative), 对头 (english: chiefly in the negative), 平凡 (píngfán), 平常 (píngcháng), 平庸 (píngyōng), 平板 (píngbǎn), 普通 (pǔtōng), 正常 (zhèngcháng), 泛泛 (fànfàn), 簡單 (jiǎndān), 简单 (jiǎndān), 通常 (tōngcháng)
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      "roman": "jīngcǎi",
      "word": "精彩"
    }
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          "ordinary",
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        ],
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          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "bald",
          "bald"
        ],
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          "blunt",
          "blunt"
        ],
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
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          "mild",
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        ],
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      ],
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      ],
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          "roman": "yībān",
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          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
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          "word": "一般子"
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          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "俗"
        },
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          "roman": "fányōng",
          "word": "凡庸"
        },
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          "roman": "xúncháng",
          "word": "尋常"
        },
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          "roman": "xúncháng",
          "word": "寻常"
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          "english": "chiefly in the negative",
          "word": "對頭"
        },
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          "english": "chiefly in the negative",
          "word": "对头"
        },
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          "word": "平凡"
        },
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          "roman": "píngcháng",
          "word": "平常"
        },
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          "roman": "píngbǎn",
          "word": "平板"
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          "roman": "pǔtōng",
          "word": "普通"
        },
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          "roman": "zhèngcháng",
          "word": "正常"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fànfàn",
          "word": "泛泛"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎndān",
          "word": "簡單"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎndān",
          "word": "简单"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tōngcháng",
          "word": "通常"
        }
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        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngdàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ping⁴ daam⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pêng-tām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngdàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngdàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pʻing²-tan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píng-dàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pyngdann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "пиндань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pindanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ tän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pìhng daahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ping⁴ daam⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ping⁴ dam⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɪŋ²¹ taːm²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pêng-tām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pîng-tām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pengdam"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ¹³⁻²² tam²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²³⁻³³ tam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ tän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɪŋ²¹ taːm²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ¹³⁻²² tam²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tam³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²³⁻³³ tam³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "平淡"
}
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      "roman": "jīngcǎi",
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    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "平平淡淡"
    },
    {
      "word": "平淡無奇"
    },
    {
      "word": "平淡无奇"
    }
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        "flat; insipid; ordinary; dull (of artwork or composition) bald; blunt (of a person's nature) gentle; mild; placid; moderate"
      ],
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          "flat",
          "flat"
        ],
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          "insipid",
          "insipid"
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        [
          "ordinary",
          "ordinary"
        ],
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          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "bald",
          "bald"
        ],
        [
          "blunt",
          "blunt"
        ],
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
        ],
        [
          "placid",
          "placid"
        ],
        [
          "moderate",
          "moderate"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "conversation",
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      ],
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        "of life"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngdàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ping⁴ daam⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pêng-tām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngdàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngdàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pʻing²-tan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píng-dàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pyngdann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "пиндань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pindanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ tän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pìhng daahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ping⁴ daam⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ping⁴ dam⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɪŋ²¹ taːm²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pêng-tām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pîng-tām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pengdam"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ¹³⁻²² tam²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²³⁻³³ tam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ tän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɪŋ²¹ taːm²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tam⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ¹³⁻²² tam²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tam³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɪŋ²³⁻³³ tam³³/"
    }
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      "roman": "yībān",
      "word": "一般"
    },
    {
      "roman": "i6 ban1 zr",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "一般子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "俗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fányōng",
      "word": "凡庸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xúncháng",
      "word": "尋常"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xúncháng",
      "word": "寻常"
    },
    {
      "english": "chiefly in the negative",
      "word": "對頭"
    },
    {
      "english": "chiefly in the negative",
      "word": "对头"
    },
    {
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      "word": "平凡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "píngcháng",
      "word": "平常"
    },
    {
      "roman": "píngyōng",
      "word": "平庸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "píngbǎn",
      "word": "平板"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pǔtōng",
      "word": "普通"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhèngcháng",
      "word": "正常"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fànfàn",
      "word": "泛泛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎndān",
      "word": "簡單"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎndān",
      "word": "简单"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tōngcháng",
      "word": "通常"
    }
  ],
  "word": "平淡"
}

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