清淡 qīngdàn in a sentence
Light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)†
清淡 (qīngdàn) means Light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored), insipid, slack (sales) †. Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这道菜口味很 清淡 。
Zhè dào cài kǒuwèi hěn qīngdàn.
This dish has a light flavour.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 清淡
医生让他吃得 清淡 一点。
Yīshēng ràng tā chī de qīngdàn yìdiǎn.
The doctor told him to eat more lightly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 清淡
这道菜又 清淡 又可口。
Zhè dào cài yòu qīngdàn yòu kěkǒu.
This dish is both light and tasty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 可口
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Questions about 清淡
How is 清淡 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 清淡 (qīngdàn, "Light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored), insipid, slack (sales) †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 清淡 an HSK word?
Yes — 清淡 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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The dictionary page for 清淡 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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