淡泊

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànbó

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam⁶ bok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǎm-po̍h / tām-po̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dànbó
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dànbó
  - Wade–Giles: tan⁴-po²
  - Yale: dàn-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbor
  - Palladius: даньбо (danʹbo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    淡泊
    淡薄
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daam⁶ bok⁶
  - Yale: daahm bohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam⁶ bok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam⁶ bog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm²² pɔːk̚²/
  - Homophones:
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    淡泊
    淡薄
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm-po̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tǎm-po̍h
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²² poʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-po̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tām-po̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxmpoih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tam²²⁻²¹ poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ pɤʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ poʔ¹²¹/

Middle Chinese: damX|damH bak

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	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/	/bwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/	/bʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/	/buɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dam^X/	/dam^H/	/bwak̚/
Li Rong	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/	/buɑk̚/
Wang Li	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/	/buɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑm^X/	/dʱɑm^H/	/bʱwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn	dàn	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daam⁶	daam⁶	bok⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤamʔ [b]ˤak/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'aːmʔ|l'aːms baːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淡	泊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dàn	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ dam^X ›	‹ bak ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ˁamʔ/	/*[b]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. [t] 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

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

Derived terms

淡泊名利 (dànbómínglì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淡泊):

→ Japanese: 淡泊(たんぱく) (tanpaku)
→ Korean: 담박(淡泊) (dambak)

See also

恬淡 (tiándàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淡	泊
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】

[adjective] frank, candid

[adjective] unselfish, uninterested

[adjective] light of flavor, simple, plain (in reference to food)

[noun] frankness, candidness

[noun] unselfishness, being uninterested

[noun] 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
淡	泊

Noun

淡泊 • (dambak) (hangeul 담박)

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