淡泊

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Chinese

insipid; diluted; weak
insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
 
 to anchor; touch at; to moor
trad. (淡泊) 淡 泊
simp. #(淡泊) 淡 泊
alternative forms 澹泊

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 淡 淡 泊
Reading # 2/4 4/4 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 定 (7) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 談 (143) 談 (143) 鐸 (104)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division (等) I I I
Fanqie 徒敢切 徒濫切 傍各切
Baxter damX damH bak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/ /bwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/ /bʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/ /buɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/damX/ /damH/ /bwak̚/
Li
Rong 		/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/ /buɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/ /buɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑmX/ /dʱɑmH/ /bʱwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dàn dàn bó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		daam6 daam6 bok6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 淡 泊
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dàn bó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ damX › ‹ bak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁamʔ/ /*ˁak/
English insipid calm, still

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淡 淡 泊
Reading # 2/4 3/4 1/1
No. 14300 14305 189
Phonetic
component 		炎 炎 白
Rime
group 		談 談 鐸
Rime
subdivision 		1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		噉 憺 泊
Old
Chinese 		/*l'aːmʔ/ /*l'aːms/ /*baːɡ/

Verb

淡泊

  1. (formal) to live a simple life; to not seek fame and wealth

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淡泊):
  • → Japanese: 淡泊(たんぱく) (tanpaku)
  • → Korean: 담박(淡泊) (dambak)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淡 泊
たん
Grade: S 		はく > ぱく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjective

淡(たん)泊(ぱく) • (tanpaku) -na (adnominal 淡(たん)泊(ぱく)な (tanpaku na), adverbial 淡(たん)泊(ぱく)に (tanpaku ni))

  1. Alternative spelling of 淡白

Inflection

Inflection of 淡泊
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 淡泊だろ たんぱくだろ tanpaku daro
Continuative (連用形) 淡泊で たんぱくで tanpaku de
Terminal (終止形) 淡泊だ たんぱくだ tanpaku da
Attributive (連体形) 淡泊な たんぱくな tanpaku na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 淡泊なら たんぱくなら tanpaku nara
Imperative (命令形) 淡泊であれ たんぱくであれ tanpaku de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 淡泊ではない
淡泊じゃない 		たんぱくではない
たんぱくじゃない 		tanpaku de wa nai
tanpaku ja nai
Informal past 淡泊だった たんぱくだった tanpaku datta
Informal negative past 淡泊ではなかった
淡泊じゃなかった 		たんぱくではなかった
たんぱくじゃなかった 		tanpaku de wa nakatta
tanpaku ja nakatta
Formal 淡泊です たんぱくです tanpaku desu
Formal negative 淡泊ではありません
淡泊じゃありません 		たんぱくではありません
たんぱくじゃありません 		tanpaku de wa arimasen
tanpaku ja arimasen
Formal past 淡泊でした たんぱくでした tanpaku deshita
Formal negative past 淡泊ではありませんでした
淡泊じゃありませんでした 		たんぱくではありませんでした
たんぱくじゃありませんでした 		tanpaku de wa arimasen deshita
tanpaku ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 淡泊で たんぱくで tanpaku de
Conditional 淡泊なら（ば） たんぱくなら（ば） tanpaku nara (ba)
Provisional 淡泊だったら たんぱくだったら tanpaku dattara
Volitional 淡泊だろう たんぱくだろう tanpaku darō
Adverbial 淡泊に たんぱくに tanpaku ni
Degree 淡泊さ たんぱくさ tanpakusa

Noun

淡(たん)泊(ぱく) • (tanpaku) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 淡白

Korean

Hanja in this term
淡泊

Noun

淡泊 • (dambak) (hangeul 담박)

  1. hanja form? of 담박 (“unselfishness, being uninterested; being light of flavor, simplicity, plainness (in reference to food)”)
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