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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, 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 ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ seon⁴
    • Yale: dāan sèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ soen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ sên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ sɵn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-sùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan^ˊ sun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /tan²⁴ sun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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
3. (geometry, algebraic topology) simplicial

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
• 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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• 一塌括子 (⁷iq-thaeq₇-khuaeq₇-tsy₃) (Suzhounese)
• 僅僅／仅仅 (jǐnjǐn)
• 儷是／俪是 (nâ-sê) (Eastern Min)
• 則是／则是 (zéshì) (archaic)
• 只
• 只係／只系 (zi² hai⁶) (Cantonese)
• 只是 (zhǐshì)
• 孤啊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 孤單／孤单 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 干焦 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 徒然 (túrán)

 

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 單純 – see the following entry.

【単純たんじゅん】 [adjective] simple [noun] simple [noun] pure [noun] free

(This term, 單純, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
單	純

Noun

單純 • (dansun) (hangeul 단순)

1. hanja form^? of 단순 (“simple”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm 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”).