简简单单

簡簡單單

jiǎnjiǎndāndān

adjective #19,984

Meanings

1 nice and simple
2 plain and straightforward
3 uncomplicated

Characters

simple / brief (reduplicated)

single / plain (reduplicated)

Examples

她喜欢简简单单的生活。

Tā xǐhuan jiǎnjiǎndāndān de shēnghuó.

She likes a nice and simple life.

这道菜做起来简简单单，很适合新手。

Zhè dào cài zuò qǐlái jiǎnjiǎndāndān, hěn shìhé xīnshǒu.

This dish is nice and simple to make, very suitable for beginners.

Tips

grammar

简简单单 is the reduplicated AABB form of 简单 (simple). Reduplication in Chinese adds an emphatic or softening quality — it conveys 'pleasantly simple' or 'nice and easy' rather than bluntly 'simple'.

Stroke Order

简 jiǎn

单 dān