冷淡

Chinese

		cold	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
trad. (冷淡)		冷	淡
simp. ^#(冷淡)		冷	淡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěngdàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ daam⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lâng-tham
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): léng-tām / léng-tǎm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěngdàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěngdàn
  - Wade–Giles: lêng³-tan⁴
  - Yale: lěng-dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengdann
  - Palladius: лэндань (lɛndanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laang⁵ daam⁶
  - Yale: láahng daahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ daam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ dam⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ taːm²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lâng-tham
  - Hakka Romanization System: lang´ tam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lang¹ tam⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰam⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-tām
  - Tâi-lô: líng-tām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefngdam
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tam³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-tǎm
  - Tâi-lô: líng-tǎm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tam²²/

Adjective

冷淡

(of an attitude) indifferent; cold; aloof; apathetic
(of business) sluggish; slack
(of environment) cheerless; desolate

Synonyms

(indifferent):

冷漠 (lěngmò)
冷酷 (lěngkù)
淡漠 (dànmò)
淡薄 (dànbó)
麻木 (mámù) (figurative)

(sluggish):

不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
低迷 (dīmí)
慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
清淡 (qīngdàn)
蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)

(cheerless):

冷僻 (lěngpì)
冷清 (lěngqīng)
冷落 (lěngluò)
清冷 (qīnglěng)
淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
荒涼／荒凉 (huāngliáng)
落寞 (luòmò)
蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)
青凊 (Min Nan)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sluggish”):

全盛 (quánshèng)
卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
昌 (literary, or in compounds)
昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
昌盛 (chāngshèng)
旺盛 (wàngshèng)
昌隆 (chānglóng)
景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
火爆 (huǒbào)
紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
繁盛 (fánshèng)
繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
茂盛 (màoshèng)
蓬勃 (péngbó)
蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
隆盛 (lóngshèng)
鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

Verb

冷淡

to treat coldly; to give the cold shoulder

Synonyms

冷落 (lěngluò)
怠慢 (dàimàn)
慢待 (màndài)
晾 (liàng)
簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
簡慢／简慢 (jiǎnmàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冷	淡
れい Grade: 4	たん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れーたん [rèétáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːtã̠ɴ]

Adjective

冷(れい)淡(たん) • (reitan) -na (adnominal 冷(れい)淡(たん)な (reitan na), adverbial 冷(れい)淡(たん)に (reitan ni))

cold-hearted, cold
indifferent
国(こく)際(さい)社(しゃ)会(かい)の冷(れい)淡(たん)な反(はん)応(のう)に失(しつ)望(ぼう)した。
Kokusai shakai no reitan na hannō ni shitsubō shita.
We were disappointed by the cold reception from the international community.

Inflection

Inflection of 冷淡

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	冷淡だろ	れいたんだろ	reitan daro
Continuative (連用形)	冷淡で	れいたんで	reitan de
Terminal (終止形)	冷淡だ	れいたんだ	reitan da
Attributive (連体形)	冷淡な	れいたんな	reitan na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	冷淡なら	れいたんなら	reitan nara
Imperative (命令形)	冷淡であれ	れいたんであれ	reitan de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	冷淡ではない冷淡じゃない	れいたんではないれいたんじゃない	reitan de wa nai reitan ja nai
Informal past	冷淡だった	れいたんだった	reitan datta
Informal negative past	冷淡ではなかった冷淡じゃなかった	れいたんではなかったれいたんじゃなかった	reitan de wa nakatta reitan ja nakatta
Formal	冷淡です	れいたんです	reitan desu
Formal negative	冷淡ではありません冷淡じゃありません	れいたんではありませんれいたんじゃありません	reitan de wa arimasen reitan ja arimasen
Formal past	冷淡でした	れいたんでした	reitan deshita
Formal negative past	冷淡ではありませんでした冷淡じゃありませんでした	れいたんではありませんでしたれいたんじゃありませんでした	reitan de wa arimasen deshita reitan ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	冷淡で	れいたんで	reitan de
Conditional	冷淡なら（ば）	れいたんなら（ば）	reitan nara (ba)
Provisional	冷淡だったら	れいたんだったら	reitan dattara
Volitional	冷淡だろう	れいたんだろう	reitan darō
Adverbial	冷淡に	れいたんに	reitan ni
Degree	冷淡さ	れいたんさ	reitansa

Noun

冷(れい)淡(たん) • (reitan)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN