简
jiǎn
simple
uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
这道题很简单，小孩子都会做。
zhè dào tí hěn jiǎn dān, xiǎo hái zi dōu huì zuò。
This problem is very simple; even small children can do it.
他写了一封简短的信给她。
tā xiě le yī fēng jiǎn duǎn de xìn gěi tā。
He wrote a short, simple letter to her.
Words with 简
简单化
jiǎn dān huà
simplification
简述
jiǎn shù
to outline
竹简
zhú jiǎn
bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
简短
jiǎn duǎn
brief (statement, summary etc)
邮简
yóu jiǎn
letter sheet (similar to an aerogram but not necessarily sent by airmail)
头脑简单四肢发达
tóu nǎo jiǎn dān sì zhī fā dá
all brawn no brains
不简单
bù jiǎn dān
not simple; rather complicated
二简
èr jiǎn
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (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)
因陋就简
yīn lòu jiù jiǎn
crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can
从简
cóng jiǎn
to adopt a simplified approach; to keep things simple
时间简史
shí jiān jiǎn shǐ
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking