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简单

jiǎn dān

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 簡單

简单 (jiǎn dān) means "simple". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 简单 means

1. simple; not complicated

The characters in 简单

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 单dānbill; list; form

Example sentences

• 简单！
  Easy!
• 说得简单。
  Talk is cheap.
• 这很简单。
  It is very simple.
• 十分简单。
  It's pretty simple.
• 游泳很简单。
  It is easy to swim.
• 考试很简单。
  The exam is easy.

Words starting with 简单

• 简单化jiǎn dān huàsimplification; to simplify
• 简单地说jiǎn dān de shuōto put it simply; simply put
• 简单明了jiǎn dān míng liǎoclear and simple; in simple terms
• 简单网络管理协议jiǎn dān wǎng luò guǎn lǐ xié yìSimple Network Management Protocol; SNMP

Words containing 简单

• 不简单bù jiǎn dānnot simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous
• 头脑简单四肢发达tóu nǎo jiǎn dān sì zhī fā dáall brawn no brains

Where 简单 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Qualities, Adverbs & Degree Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiǎn dān correctly.
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