简直 (jiǎnzhí) means Simply. Below are 8 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
他跑得 简直 像风一样。
Tā pǎo de jiǎnzhí xiàng fēng yíyàng.
He runs quite simply like the wind.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 简直
这种行为 简直 就是流氓。
Zhè zhǒng xíngwéi jiǎnzhí jiù shì liúmáng.
This kind of behaviour is simply thuggish.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 流氓
这里 简直 是购物者的天堂。
Zhèlǐ jiǎnzhí shì gòuwùzhě de tiāntáng.
This place is simply a shopper's paradise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 天堂
这个数字 简直 是天文数字。
Zhège shùzì jiǎnzhí shì tiānwén shùzì.
This figure is simply astronomical.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 天文
这么欺负人, 简直 岂有此理!
Zhème qīfu rén, jiǎnzhí qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ!
Bullying people like this is simply outrageous!
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 岂有此理
他一个人完成了这项工程, 简直 不可思议。
Tā yí ge rén wánchéng le zhè xiàng gōngchéng, jiǎnzhí bùkěsīyì.
He finished this project single-handed, which is simply inconceivable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不可思议
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Questions about 简直
How is 简直 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 简直 (jiǎnzhí, "Simply"), 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 简直 an HSK word?
Yes — 简直 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 简直?
The dictionary page for 简直 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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