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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 惨淡

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
惨淡 cǎn dàn - dark
- gloomy
- dismal
- by painstaking effort

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 30,616 25,671 16,836

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
惨 cǎn- miserable
- wretched
- cruel
- inhuman
- disastrous
- tragic
- dim
- gloomy
淡 dàn- insipid
- diluted
- weak
- mild
- light in color
- tasteless
- indifferent
- (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen

Other Words Containing 惨淡

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
惨淡 - - 30,616 25,671 16,836
惨淡经营 - - 65,403 60,781 82,028