| 1 | 淡 | 淡 | dàn | dan4 | insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮 ) nitrogen | | |
| 2 | 淡淡 | 淡淡 | dàn dàn | dan4 dan4 | faint; dim; dull; insipid; unenthusiastic; indifferent | | |
| 3 | 淡水 | 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | Dan4 shui3 | potable water (water with low salt content); fresh water; Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市 , Taiwan | | |
| 4 | 冷淡 | 冷淡 | lěng dàn | leng3 dan4 | cold; indifferent | | |
| 5 | 暗淡 | 暗淡 | àn dàn | an4 dan4 | variant of 暗淡 ; dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak | | |
| 6 | 淡漠 | 淡漠 | dàn mò | dan4 mo4 | apathetic; indifferent; unsympathetic | | |
| 7 | 淡水区 | 淡水區 | dàn shuǐ qū | Dan4 shui3 Qu1 | Tamsui or Danshui District, New Taipei City 新北市 , Taiwan | | |
| 8 | 淡泊寡味 | 淡泊寡味 | dàn bó guǎ wèi | dan4 bo2 gua3 wei4 | insipid and tasteless (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 淡喉鹩鹛 | 淡喉鷯鶥 | dàn hóu liáo méi | dan4 hou2 liao2 mei2 | (bird species of China) pale-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis kinneari) | | |
| 10 | 淡光 | 淡光 | dàn guāng | dan4 guang1 | shimmer | | |
| 11 | 淡粉 | 淡粉 | dàn fěn | dan4 fen3 | Light pink | | |
| 12 | 淡定 | 淡定 | dàn dìng | dan4 ding4 | calm and collected; unperturbed | | |
| 13 | 淡淡的 | 淡淡的 | dàn dàn de | dan4 dan4 de5 | Faintly | | |
| 14 | 淡出 | 淡出 | dàn chū | dan4 chu1 | to fade out (cinema); to withdraw from (politics, acting etc); to fade from (memory) | | |
| 15 | 淡泊自如 | 淡泊自如 | dàn bó zì rú | dan4 bo2 zi4 ru2 | to be contented with little (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 淡泊名利 | 淡泊名利 | dàn bó míng lì | dan4 bo2 ming2 li4 | not caring about fame and fortune (idiom); indifferent to worldly rewards | | |
| 17 | 淡泊 | 淡泊 | dàn bó | dan4 bo2 | thin; light; flagging; faint; living a simple life | | |
| 18 | 淡巴菰 | 淡巴菰 | dàn bā gū | dan4 ba1 gu1 | tobacco (loanword) (old) | | |
| 19 | 粗茶淡饭 | 粗茶淡飯 | cū chá dàn fàn | cu1 cha2 dan4 fan4 | plain tea and simple food; (fig.) bread and water | | |
| 20 | 扯淡 | 扯淡 | chě dàn | che3 dan4 | to talk nonsense | | |
| 21 | 云寒星淡 | 雲寒星淡 | yún hán xīng dàn | yun2 han2 xing1 dan4 | The clouds are cold and the stars without luster. (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 惨淡经营 | 慘淡經營 | cǎn dàn jīng yíng | can3 dan4 jing1 ying2 | to manage by painstaking effort (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 惨淡 | 慘淡 | cǎn dàn | can3 dan4 | dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort | | |
| 24 | 不咸不淡 | 不鹹不淡 | bù xián bù dàn | bu4 xian2 bu4 dan4 | neither salty nor bland | | |
| 25 | 白扯淡 | 白扯淡 | bái chě dàn | bai2 che3 dan4 | (coll.) to talk rubbish | | |