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
简要
jiǎnyào
brief; concise
Characters in this word
要 yào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 覀 — west, western, westward
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请在报告开头简要说明研究目的，详细数据可以放在附录里。 Qǐng zài bàogào kāitóu jiǎnyào shuōmíng yánjiū mùdì, xiángxì shùjù kěyǐ fàng zài fùlù lǐ. Please briefly state the purpose of the research at the beginning of the report; the detailed data can be placed in the appendix.
- 请你简要介绍一下自己的工作经历。 Qǐng nǐ jiǎnyào jièshào yíxià zìjǐ de gōngzuò jīnglì. Please briefly introduce your work experience.
- 老师简要说了说明天的安排。 Lǎoshī jiǎnyào shuō le shuō míngtiān de ānpái. The teacher briefly went over tomorrow's arrangements.
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
- 简陋 jiǎnlòu simple and crude; shabby
- 简体字 jiǎntǐzì simplified Chinese characters
- 简易 jiǎnyì simple; easy; makeshift