简 jiǎn

simple, terse, succinct, a letter

HSK 3 #716

DEFINITIONS

  • simple, terse, succinct, a letter
  • simple
  • uncomplicated
  • letter
  • to choose
  • to select
  • bamboo strips used for writing (old)

STROKES

WORDS

简练 jiǎn liàn terse; succinct
简明 jiǎn míng simple and clear; concise
简述 jiǎn shù to outline; to summarize; to sketch; summary; brief description; concise narrative; in a nutshell; briefly
简史 jiǎn shǐ a brief history
因陋就简 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can; to do things simply and thriftily; It's not pretty but it works.
书简 shū jiǎn (literary) letter
简章 jiǎn zhāng concise list of rules; brochure; pamphlet
简编 jiǎn biān concise edition; abridged edition; compendium
不简单 bù jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous
二简 èr jiǎn abbr. for 第二次漢字簡化方案|第二次汉字简化方案[Di4 er4 ci4 Han4 zi4 Jian3 hua4 Fang1 an4]
删简压缩 shān jiǎn yā suō to simplify and condense (a text); abridged
时间简史 shí jiān jiǎn shǐ "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
极简主义 jí jiǎn zhǔ yì minimalism
汉简 hàn jiǎn bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty
生平简介 shēng píng jiǎn jiè biographic sketch
白简 bái jiǎn Wrigley's Spearmint (brand)
白行简 bái xíng jiǎn Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]
短简 duǎn jiǎn brief
竹简 zhú jiǎn bamboo writing slips in ancient times (joined together to form whole scrolls)
第二次汉字简化方案 dì èr cì hàn zì jiǎn huà fāng àn Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986); abbr. to 二簡|二简[er4 jian3]
简・爱 jiǎn ・ ài Jane Eyre, novel by Charlotte Brontë 夏洛特·勃良特[Xia4 luo4 te4 · Bo2 liang2 te4]
简册 jiǎn cè booklet; brochure; (old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together)
简则 jiǎn zé general rule; simple principle
简化字 jiǎn huà zì simplified Chinese character
简单地说 jiǎn dān de shuō to put it simply; simply put
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