单
调

Monotonous in Chinese: 单调 (dān diào)

dān diào

monotonous

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 單調1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1monotonous

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单
调

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄢ

dān

ㄉ/ dㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄉㄧㄠˋ

diào

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

单调

Simplified

單調

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我厌倦了现在单调的生活。

    wǒ yàn juàn le xiàn zài dān diào de shēng huó。

    I am tired of my monotonous life.

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Related words

调

tiáo

to harmonize

单

dān

bill

菜单

cài dān

menu

简单

jiǎn dān

simple

空调

kōng tiáo

air conditioning

调查

diào chá

investigation

孤单

gū dān

lone

单纯

dān chún

simple

单独

dān dú

alone

单位

dān wèi

unit (of measure)

单元

dān yuán

unit (forming an entity)

调皮

tiáo pí

naughty

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