单调
dān diàoㄉㄢ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: ĐƠN ĐIỆU
Traditional: 單調
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 6TOCFL 4
Meaning(adjective, nominal adjective)
monotonous
Opposite: 丰富多彩.
Examples
每天都做一样的工作,太单调了。
měi tiān dōu zuò yí yàng de gōng zuò, tài dān diào le.
Doing the same work every day is too monotonous.
房间的颜色有点儿单调。
fáng jiān de yán sè yǒu diǎn er dān diào.
The colours in the room are a bit dull.
退休以后,他的生活并不单调。
tuì xiū yǐ hòu, tā de shēng huó bìng bù dān diào.
His life after retirement isn't dull at all.
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Stroke order
ĐƠN · 8 strokes
surname Shan
ĐIỀU · 10 strokes
to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
Related words
- 简单 jiǎn dān — simple; not complicated
- 菜单 cài dān — menu
- 孤单 gū dān — lone; lonely; loneliness
- 单位 dān wèi — unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
- 单独 dān dú — alone; by oneself; on one's own
- 单纯 dān chún — simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely
- 单元 dān yuán — unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
- 床单 chuáng dān — bed sheet