Chinese symbol for “summary”
简介
jiǎn jiè
Traditional: 簡介
summary; brief introduction
The closest CC-CEDICT match for summary is 简介 (jiǎn jiè), defined as: summary; brief introduction.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “summary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摘要 | zhāi yào | summary; abstract |
| 提要 | tí yào | summary; abstract |
| 小结 (小結) | xiǎo jié | summary; short |
| 总结 (總結) | zǒng jié | to sum up; to conclude |
| 梗概 | gěng gài | broad outline; gist; summary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 简介.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 简单 (簡單) | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 简直 (簡直) | jiǎn zhí | simply; really |
| 简称 (簡稱) | jiǎn chēng | to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form |
| 简化 (簡化) | jiǎn huà | to simplify |
| 简历 (簡歷) | jiǎn lì | curriculum vitae (CV); résumé |
| 介绍 (介紹) | jiè shào | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation |
| 介入 | jiè rù | to intervene; to get involved |
| 中介 | zhōng jiè | to act as intermediary; to link |
See also: Japanese symbol for “summary”.
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.