# 淡泊
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dànbó
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daam$^6$ bok$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǎm-po̍h / tām-po̍h
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dànbó
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dànbó
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^4$-po$^2$
*** Yale: dàn-bwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbor
*** Palladius: даньбо (danʹbo)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$淡泊 淡薄
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daam$^6$ bok$^6$
*** Yale: daahm bohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daam$^6$ bok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dam$^6$ bog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːm²² pɔːk̚²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$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 | daam$^6$ | daam$^6$ | bok$^6$ |
* 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

* → 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)”)