Chinese symbol for “simply”
简直
jiǎn zhí
Traditional: 簡直
simply; really
The closest CC-CEDICT match for simply is 简直 (jiǎn zhí), defined as: simply; really.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “simply”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 只是 | zhǐ shì | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply |
| 就 | jiù | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just |
| 压根 (壓根) | yà gēn | (mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 简直.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 简单 (簡單) | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 简称 (簡稱) | jiǎn chēng | to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form |
| 简介 (簡介) | jiǎn jiè | summary; brief introduction |
| 简化 (簡化) | jiǎn huà | to simplify |
| 简历 (簡歷) | jiǎn lì | curriculum vitae (CV); résumé |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
| 直到 | zhí dào | until |
See also: Japanese symbol for “simply”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.