淡薄

dànbó
adjective #47,403

Meanings

  1. 1 thin
  2. 2 faint
  3. 3 weak (of feeling, interest, memory)

Examples

Shāndǐng kōngqì dànbó.
The air at the mountain top is thin.
Tā duì zhè jiàn shì de yìnxiàng yǐjīng hěn dànbó le.
His memory of this event has already grown faint.

Tips

mistakes
Don't confuse with 单薄 (dānbó, 'flimsy / scanty / weak in body') — same pinyin minus the tone slip and a different first character. 淡薄 is about thinness in concentration, intensity or feeling; 单薄 is about thinness in substance or body.

Stroke Order

dàn
báo