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)
simp. #(淡泊)
alternative forms 澹泊

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/4 4/4 1/1
Initial () (7) (7) (3)
Final () (143) (143) (104)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division () I I I
Fanqie
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱɑmX/ /dʱɑmH/ /bʱwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dàn dàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
daam6 daam6 bok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dàn
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
Reading # 2/4 3/4 1/1
No. 14300 14305 189
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
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
たん
Grade: S
はく > ぱく
Grade: S
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 淡泊 – see the following entry.
淡白たんぱく
frank, candid
unselfish, uninterested
light of flavor, simple, plain (in reference to food)
frankness, candidness
unselfishness, being uninterested
being light of flavor, simplicity, plainness (in reference to food)
Alternative spellings
淡薄, 澹泊
(This term, 淡泊, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

淡泊 (dambak) (hangeul 담박)

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