Chinese symbol for “monotonous”
单调
dān diào
Traditional: 單調
monotonous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for monotonous is 单调 (dān diào), defined as: monotonous.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “monotonous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单调乏味 (單調乏味) | dān diào fá wèi | monotonous; dull |
| 平板 | píng bǎn | slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level |
| 亘古不变 (亙古不變) | gèn gǔ bù biàn | unchanging since times immemorial (idiom); unalterable |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 单调.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole) |
| 简单 (簡單) | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names |
| 单独 (單獨) | dān dú | alone; by oneself |
| 单纯 (單純) | dān chún | simple; pure |
| 单一 (單一) | dān yī | single; only |
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
See also: Japanese symbol for “monotonous”.
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.