Chinese symbol for “insipid”
淡
dàn
insipid; diluted; weak; mild
The closest CC-CEDICT match for insipid is 淡 (dàn), defined as: insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “insipid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寡淡 | guǎ dàn | insipid; bland |
| 清淡 | qīng dàn | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid |
| 淡淡 | dàn dàn | faint; dim |
| 嚼蜡 (嚼蠟) | jiáo là | insipid |
| 干巴巴 (乾巴巴) | gān bā bā | dry; parched |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 淡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | freshwater |
| 淡化 | dàn huà | to water down; to play down |
| 冷淡 | lěng dàn | cold; indifferent |
| 平淡 | píng dàn | flat; dull |
| 扯淡 | chě dàn | to talk nonsense |
| 轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫) | qīng miáo dàn xiě | (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay |
See also: Japanese symbol for “insipid”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.