| 淡大 | dan4 ta4 | |
| 粗茶淡饭 | cu1 cha2 dan4 fan4 | coarse tea |
| 雅淡 | ya3 dan4 | simple and elegant |
| 君子之交淡如水 | jun1 zi3 zhi1 jiao1 dan4 ru2 shui3 | a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊å庄å[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
| 惨淡经营 | can3 dan4 jing1 ying2 | to manage by painstaking effort (idiom) |
| 暗淡的 | an4 dan4 de5 | WAN |
| 淡水的 | dan4 shui3 de5 | fresh-water |
| 淡泊寡味 | dan4 bo2 gua3 wei4 | insipid and tasteless (idiom) |
| 胡扯淡 | hu2 che3 dan4 | nonsense |
| 淡灰 | dan1 hui1 | |
| 淡酒 | dan4 jiu3 | |
| 云淡风轻 | yun2 dan4 feng1 qing1 | |
| 淡月 | dan4 yue4 |