Chinese word dictionary

咸淡

xián dàn · salty and unsalty (flavors); degree of saltiness; brackish (water)

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Word information

Simplified咸淡

Traditional鹹淡

Pinyinxián dàn

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Character breakdown

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咸xián

all, together, united; salted

淡dàn

watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless

How to learn 咸淡

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咸xián

all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious; salted; salty; stingy; miserly; surname Xian

淡dàn

insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen

清淡qīngdàn

light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)

淡化dànhuà

to water down; to play down; to trivialize; to weaken; to become dull with time; to desalinate; desalination

淡季dànjì

off season; slow business season; see also 旺季[wang4 ji4]

淡水dànshuǐ

Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan; potable water (water with low salt content); fresh water