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精简

jīng jiǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 精簡

精简 (jīng jiǎn) means "to simplify; to reduce". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 精简 means

1. to simplify
2. to reduce

The characters in 精简

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter

Example sentences

• 我精简语言。
  I shortened my speeches.

Words starting with 精简

• 精简开支jīng jiǎn kāi zhīto reduce spending; to cut spending

Sounds the same

Read jīng jiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 精减to reduce; to pare down; to streamline

Where 精简 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jīng–jìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīng jiǎn correctly.
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