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
简易
jiǎnyì
simple; easy; makeshift
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 他们在山路旁搭起简易棚屋，临时安置被迫撤离的村民。 Tāmen zài shānlù páng dāqǐ jiǎnyì péngwū, línshí ānzhì bèipò chèlí de cūnmín. They put up makeshift sheds beside the mountain road to temporarily house villagers who had been forced to evacuate.
- 他用木板和铁钉做了一个简易书架。 Tā yòng mùbǎn hé tiědīng zuò le yí ge jiǎnyì shūjià. He made a simple bookshelf out of wooden boards and iron nails.
- 这种简易帐篷几分钟就能搭好。 Zhè zhǒng jiǎnyì zhàngpeng jǐ fēnzhōng jiù néng dā hǎo. This kind of simple tent can be put up in a few minutes.
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
- 简要 jiǎnyào brief; concise