Chinese Word Entry

簡寫

Simplified Chinese form: 简写

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): jiǎn xiě
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan2 se2
Definitions:
  1. to write characters in simplified form

  2. the simplified form of a character

  3. to abbreviate (a word or expression)

  4. to write in simple language


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Chinese characters used in this word

simplicity, brevity, simple, terse, succinct, letter
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ (jiǎn)
Cantonese: gaan2
Japanese: カン (kan)、 ケン (ken) / えら.ぶ (erabu)、 ふだ (fuda)
Korean: 간 (gan)
Vietnamese: giản
Variants
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be photographed, copy, describe, write, draw, sketch, compose
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ (xiě), ㄒㄧㄝˋ (xiè)
Cantonese: se2
Japanese: シャ (sha) / うつ.す (utsusu)、 うつ.る (utsuru)
Korean: 사 (sa)
Vietnamese: tả
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