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
简陋
jiǎnlòu
simple and crude; shabby
Characters in this word
陋 lòu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这座临时诊所条件简陋，却在地震后的前三天救治了上千名伤者。 Zhè zuò línshí zhěnsuǒ tiáojiàn jiǎnlòu, què zài dìzhèn hòu de qián sān tiān jiùzhì le shàng qiān míng shāngzhě. Although the temporary clinic was simple and crude, it treated over a thousand injured people in the first three days after the earthquake.
- 山里的小学校舍很简陋，但孩子们学得很认真。 Shānlǐ de xiǎoxué xiàoshè hěn jiǎnlòu, dàn háizimen xué de hěn rènzhēn. The mountain primary school building is very crude, but the children study very seriously.
- 这间屋子虽然简陋，却收拾得干干净净。 Zhè jiān wūzi suīrán jiǎnlòu, què shōushi de gānganjìngjìng. Although this room is shabby, it is kept spotlessly clean.
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
- 简称 jiǎnchēng abbreviation; to be abbreviated as
- 简短 jiǎnduǎn brief; short
- 简洁 jiǎnjié concise; succinct; simple and clear
- 简练 jiǎnliàn concise and polished
- 简体字 jiǎntǐzì simplified Chinese characters
- 简要 jiǎnyào brief; concise
- 简易 jiǎnyì simple; easy; makeshift