單純

單純

See also: 单纯 and 単純

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	pure; simple; unmixed pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
trad. (單純)		單	純
simp. (单纯)		单	纯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānchún

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄔㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ seon⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tân-sùn
• Min Nan (POJ): tan-sûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānchún
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄔㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danchún
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-chʻun²
    • Yale: dān-chwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danchwen
    • Palladius: даньчунь (danʹčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ seon⁴
    • Yale: dāan sèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ soen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ sên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ sɵn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-sùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan´ sunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /tan²⁴ sun¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-sûn
    • Tâi-lô: tan-sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dansuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ sun²³/

Adjective

單純

1. simple; uncomplicated; easy
2. naive; pure

Synonyms

• (simple):

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不複雜／不复杂 (bù fùzá) 淺易／浅易 (qiǎnyì) 簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)

簡單／简单 (jiǎndān) 簡易／简易 (jiǎnyì) 輕巧／轻巧 (qīngqiǎo)

• (naive):

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忠厚 (zhōnghòu) 清亮 (qīngliàng) 純摯／纯挚 (chúnzhì) (formal) 純正／纯正 (chúnzhèng)

純潔／纯洁 (chúnjié) 純真／纯真 (chúnzhēn) 老實／老实 (lǎoshí) (euphemistic)

Derived terms

單純林／单纯林 單純皰疹／单纯疱疹 (dānchún pàozhěn)

單純詞／单纯词 (dānchúncí)

Adverb

單純

1. simply; purely; merely

Synonyms

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只 (zhǐ) 只是 (zhǐshì) 孤啊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien) 徒然 (túrán) 干焦 (Min Nan)

僅僅／仅仅 (jǐnjǐn) 儷是／俪是 (Min Dong) 則是／则是 (zéshì) (archaic) 只係／只系 (Cantonese) 孤單／孤单 (Min Nan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
單	純
たん Jinmeiyō	じゅん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

單(たん)純(じゅん) • (tanjun)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 単純)

1. Kyūjitai form of 単純 (simple; pure; free)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
單	純

Noun

單純 • (dansun) (hangeul 단순)

1. Hanja form^? of 단순 (“simple”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
單	純

Adjective

單純

1. chữ Hán form of đơn thuần (“pure; unmixed”).

Adverb

單純

1. chữ Hán form of đơn thuần (“purely; simply”).