简单

简单 jiǎndān in a sentence

Simple (uncomplicated)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 4 sentences

简单 (jiǎndān) means Simple (uncomplicated). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这个问题很 简单

Zhège wèntí hěn jiǎndān.

This question is very simple.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 简单

他做的菜很 简单 ,但是很好吃。

Tā zuò de cài hěn jiǎndān, dànshì hěn hǎochī.

The food he cooks is simple but delicious.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 简单

其实这个问题很 简单

Qíshí zhège wèntí hěn jiǎndān.

Actually this question is very simple.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 其实

From the graded readers

这么一想,问题就变得很 简单 了。

zhème yī xiǎng, wèntí jiù biànde hěn jiǎndān le / liǎo / liào.

Put like that, the question became very simple.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty

Questions about 简单

How is 简单 used in a sentence?

This page shows 4 sentences using 简单 (jiǎndān, "Simple (uncomplicated)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 简单 an HSK word?

Yes — 简单 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 简单?

The dictionary page for 简单 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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