# 簡單
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎndān
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan$^2$ daan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kién-tân / kián-tân
    (Hailu, HRS): gien$^ˊ$ dan$^ˋ$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jie$^2$ dan$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-dăng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gang$^3$ dang$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kán-tan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gang$^2$ duan$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ci-te
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎndān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎndan
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^3$-tan$^1$
*** Yale: jyǎn-dān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeandan
*** Palladius: цзяньдань (czjanʹdanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaan$^2$ daan$^1$
*** Yale: gáan dāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaan$^2$ daan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gan$^2$ dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːn³⁵ taːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kién-tân
*** Hakka Romanization System: gien$^ˋ$ dan$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gian$^3$ dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯en³¹ tan²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kián-tân
*** Hakka Romanization System: gian$^ˋ$ dan$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gian$^3$ dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯an³¹ tan²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gien$^ˊ$ dan$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kien²⁴⁻³³ tan⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jie$^2$ dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁵³ tæ̃¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-dăng
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ³³⁻²¹ $^{(t-)}$naŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gang$^3$ dang$^1$ [Phonetic: gang$^5$ dang$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ⁴⁵³⁻²¹ taŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gang$^3$ dang$^1$ [Phonetic: gang$^5$ dang$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ³³²⁻²¹ taŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-tan
*** Tâi-lô: kán-tan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kafndafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gang$^2$ duan$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káng tuaⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tũã³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ci-te
*** MiniDict: ci$^去$ te
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ji-te
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ te⁴⁴/

### Adjective

簡單
* simple; uncomplicated; easy
    簡單碳水化合物／简单碳水化合物 ― jiǎndān tànshuǐ huàhéwù ― simple carbohydrate
    簡單易用／简单易用 ― jiǎndān yìyòng ― simple and easy-to-use
       Zhè dào tí tài jiǎndān le. [Pinyin]
       This question is so easy.
* (chiefly in the negative) commonplace; ordinary
* sloppy; careless; skimpy; negligent; casual; oversimplified

#### Synonyms

* (simple):
* 不複雜／不复杂 (bù fùzá)
* 單純／单纯 (dānchún)
* 淺易／浅易 (qiǎnyì)
* 簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 簡易／简易 (jiǎnyì)
* 輕巧／轻巧 (qīngqiǎo)
* (commonplace):
* 一般 (yībān)
* 一般子 (i$^6$ ban$^1$ zr) (Xiang)
* 俗 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 凡庸 (fányōng)
* 尋常／寻常 (xúncháng)
* 對頭／对头 (chiefly in the negative)
* 平凡 (píngfán)
* 平常 (píngcháng)
* 平庸 (píngyōng)
* 平板 (píngbǎn)
* 平淡 (píngdàn)
* 普通 (pǔtōng)
* 正常 (zhèngcháng)
* 泛泛 (fànfàn)
* 通常 (tōngcháng)
* (sloppy):
* 大意 (dàyì)
* 容易 (literary)
* 投五投六 ($^6$deu-ng-deu-loq) (Shanghainese)
* 揦西 (laa$^2$ sai$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 毛糙 (máocāo)
* 泡毛 (pao$^4$ mao$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* 潦草
* 疏忽
* 粗心 (cūxīn)
* 邋糊 (la$^3$ fu$^2$) (Xiang)
* 馬虎／马虎

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “simple”): 複雜／复杂 (fùzá)

#### Derived terms

* 四肢發達，頭腦簡單／四肢发达，头脑简单 (sìzhī fādá, tóunǎo jiǎndān)
* 簡單明瞭／简单明了 (jiǎndān-míngliǎo)
* 簡單機械／简单机械 (jiǎndān jīxiè)
* 簡單粗暴／简单粗暴 (jiǎndān cūbào)
* 頭腦簡單／头脑简单

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 簡(かん)単(たん) (kantan)
* → Korean: 간단(簡單) (gandan)
* → Vietnamese: giản đơn (簡單)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 簡 | 單 |
| かん Grade: 6 | たん Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 簡單 – see the following entry. :
| 【簡単かんたん】 | [adjective] easy [adjective] simple, uncomplicated [adjective] brief, light, short [noun] ease [noun] simplicity [noun] lightness, brevity |
(This term, 簡單, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 簡 | 單 |

### Root

簡單 • (gandan) (hangeul 간단)
* hanja form of 간단

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 簡 | 單 |

### Adjective

簡單
* chữ Hán form of giản đơn (“simple”).