单纯

单纯 dānchún in a sentence

Simple (pure - merely)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 3 sentences

单纯 (dānchún) means Simple (pure - merely). Below are 3 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

这个孩子很 单纯 。

Zhège háizi hěn dānchún.

This child is very innocent.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单纯

问题没有那么 单纯 。

Wèntí méiyǒu nàme dānchún.

The problem is not that simple.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单纯

他帮忙的动机很 单纯 。

Tā bāngmáng de dòngjī hěn dānchún.

His motive for helping is quite simple.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动机

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How is 单纯 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 单纯 (dānchún, "Simple (pure - merely)"), 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 单纯 an HSK word?

Yes — 单纯 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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The dictionary page for 单纯 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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