简 jiǎn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 间 between, among
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
简称
jiǎnchēng
abbreviation; to be abbreviated as
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 每个省都有自己的简称，比如广东简称粤。 Měi ge shěng dōu yǒu zìjǐ de jiǎnchēng, bǐrú Guǎngdōng jiǎnchēng Yuè. Every province has its own short name; for example, Guangdong is abbreviated as Yue.
- 公司的全名太长了，大家平时都用简称。 Gōngsī de quánmíng tài cháng le, dàjiā píngshí dōu yòng jiǎnchēng. The company's full name is too long, so everyone usually uses the short form.
- 这个活动的名字很长，我们把它简称为爬山日。 Zhège huódòng de míngzi hěn cháng, wǒmen bǎ tā jiǎnchēng wéi páshānrì. The name of this event is long, so we call it Hiking Day for short.
Related words
- 简单 jiǎndān simple; easy
- 简直 jiǎnzhí simply; practically
- 简历 jiǎnlì resume
- 简化 jiǎnhuà to simplify
- 简介 jiǎnjiè to introduce briefly; brief introduction
- 简短 jiǎnduǎn brief; short
- 简洁 jiǎnjié concise; succinct; simple and clear
- 简练 jiǎnliàn concise and polished
- 简陋 jiǎnlòu simple and crude; shabby
- 简体字 jiǎntǐzì simplified Chinese characters
- 简要 jiǎnyào brief; concise
- 简易 jiǎnyì simple; easy; makeshift