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Trad. 簡
- simple
- uncomplicated
- letter
- to choose
- to select
- bamboo strips used for writing (old)
Trad. 簡中
- Simplified Chinese (abbr. for 簡體中文|简体中文[jian3 ti3 Zhong1 wen2])
Trad. 簡冊
- booklet; brochure
- (old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together)
Trad. 簡寫
- to write characters in simplified form
- the simplified form of a character
- to abbreviate (a word or expression)
- to write in simple language
Trad. 簡拼
- (computing) input method where the user types just the initial or first letter of each syllable, e.g. "shq" or "sq" for 事情[shi4 qing5]
Trad. 簡牘
- bamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
- letter; correspondence; book; document
Trad. 二簡
- Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (abbr. for 第二次漢字簡化方案|第二次汉字简化方案[Di4 er4 Ci4 Han4 zi4 Jian3 hua4 Fang1 an4])
Trad. 簡譜
- music notation in which the notes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Si are represented by numerals 1 to 7
Trad. 簡述
- to outline
- to summarize
- to sketch
- summary
- brief description
- concise narrative
- in a nutshell
- briefly
Trad. 簡體
- simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3]
Trad. 郵簡
- letter sheet (similar to an aerogram but not necessarily sent by airmail)
Trad. 繁簡
- complicated and simple
- traditional and simplified form of Chinese characters
Trad. 白行簡
- Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]
Trad. 蘇易簡
- Su Yijian (958-997), Northern Song writer and poet
Trad. 簡·愛
- Jane Eyre, novel by Charlotte Brontë 夏洛特·勃良特[Xia4 luo4 te4 · Bo2 liang2 te4]
Trad. 不簡單
- not simple; rather complicated
- remarkable; marvelous
Trad. 簡陽市
- Jianyang, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan
Trad. 簡體字
- simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]
Trad. 時間簡史
- "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
Trad. 言簡意賅
- concise and comprehensive (idiom)
Trad. 因陋就簡
- crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can
- to do things simply and thriftily
- It's not pretty but it works.
Trad. 簡明扼要
- brief and to the point (idiom)
- succinct
Trad. 刪簡壓縮
- to simplify and condense (a text)
- abridged
Trad. 簡繁轉換
- conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
Trad. 精簡開支
- to reduce spending
- to cut spending
Trad. 簡諧振動
- simple harmonic oscillation
- sinusoidal oscillation
Trad. 簡諧運動
- simple harmonic motion (in mechanics)
- motion of a simple pendulum
Trad. 輕車簡從
- (of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort
- to travel without ostentation
Trad. 簡易爆炸裝置
- improvised explosive device (IED)
Trad. 簡氏防務週刊
- Jane's defense weekly
Trad. 頭腦簡單四肢發達
- all brawn no brains
Trad. 簡單網絡管理協議
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- SNMP
Trad. 第二次漢字簡化方案
- Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
- abbr. to 二簡|二简[Er4 jian3]