簡單

See also: 簡単 and 简单

Chinese

		simple	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain
trad. (簡單)		簡	單
simp. (简单)		简	单

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎndān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² daan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kién-tân / kián-tân
• Jin (Wiktionary): jie² dan¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-dăng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kán-tan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang² duan¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ci-te

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎndān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎndan
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-tan¹
    • Yale: jyǎn-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeandan
    • Palladius: цзяньдань (czjanʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan² daan¹
    • Yale: gáan dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan² dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ taːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kién-tân
    • Hakka Romanization System: gien` dan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian<sup>3</sup> dan<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯en³¹ tan²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kián-tân
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian` dan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian³ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯an³¹ tan²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jie² dan¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁵³ tæ̃¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-dăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(t-)naŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-tan
    • Tâi-lô: kán-tan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafndafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang² duan¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káng tuaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tũã³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ci-te
    • MiniDict: ci^去 te
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji-te
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ te⁴⁴/

Adjective

簡單

1. simple; uncomplicated; easy

   簡單碳水化合物／简单碳水化合物  ―  jiǎndān tànshuǐ huàhéwù  ―  simple carbohydrate

   簡單易用／简单易用  ―  jiǎndān yìyòng  ―  simple and easy-to-use

   這道題太簡單了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这道题太简单了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè dào tí tài jiǎndān le. [Pinyin]

   This question is so easy.

2. (chiefly in the negative) commonplace; ordinary
3. sloppy; careless; skimpy; negligent; casual; oversimplified

Synonyms

• (simple):

• 不複雜／不复杂 (bù fùzá)
• 單純／单纯 (dānchún)
• 淺易／浅易 (qiǎnyì)
• 簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 簡易／简易 (jiǎnyì)
• 輕巧／轻巧 (qīngqiǎo)

 

• (commonplace):

• 一般 (yībān)
• 一般子 (i⁶ ban¹ zr) (Xiang)
• 俗 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 凡庸 (fányōng)
• 尋常／寻常 (xúncháng)
• 對頭／对头 (chiefly in the negative)
• 平凡 (píngfán)
• 平常 (píngcháng)
• 平庸 (píngyōng)
• 平板 (píngbǎn)
• 平淡 (píngdàn)
• 普通 (pǔtōng)
• 正常 (zhèngcháng)
• 泛泛 (fànfàn)
• 通常 (tōngcháng)

 

• (sloppy):

• 大意 (dàyì)
• 容易 (literary)
• 投五投六 (⁶deu-ng-deu-loq) (Shanghainese)
• 揦西 (laa² sai¹) (Cantonese)
• 毛糙 (máocāo)
• 泡毛 (pao⁴ mao²) (Sichuanese)
• 潦草
• 疏忽
• 粗心 (cūxīn)
• 邋糊 (la³ fu²) (Xiang)
• 馬虎／马虎

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "simple"): 複雜／复杂 (fùzá)

Derived terms

• 四肢發達，頭腦簡單／四肢发达，头脑简单 (sìzhī fādá, tóunǎo jiǎndān)
• 簡單明瞭／简单明了 (jiǎndānmíngliǎo)
• 簡單機械／简单机械 (jiǎndān jīxiè)
• 簡單粗暴／简单粗暴 (jiǎndān cūbào)
• 頭腦簡單／头脑简单

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (簡單):

• → Japanese: 簡(かん)単(たん) (kantan)
• → Korean: 간단(簡單) (gandan)
• → Vietnamese: giản đơn (簡單)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
簡	單
かん Grade: 6	たん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 簡單 – see the following entry.

【簡単かんたん】 [adjective] easy [adjective] simple, uncomplicated [adjective] brief, light, short [noun] ease [noun] simplicity [noun] lightness, brevity

(This term, 簡單, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
簡	單

Root

簡單 • (gandan) (hangeul 간단)

1. Hanja form^? of 간단.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
簡	單

Adjective

簡單

1. chữ Hán form of giản đơn (“simple”).