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Concise in Chinese: 简要 (jiǎn yào)

jiǎn yào

concise

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 簡要1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1concise
  2. 2brief

Stroke order

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简
要

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ㄐㄧㄢˇ

jiǎn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

简要

Simplified

簡要

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 请简要说明一下你的想法。

    qǐng jiǎn yào shuō míng yí xià nǐ de xiǎng fǎ。

    Please briefly explain your idea.

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Related words

要

yào

to want

简单

jiǎn dān

simple

需要

xū yào

to need

要求

yāo qiú

to request

重要

zhòng yào

important

主要

zhǔ yào

main

只要

zhǐ yào

if only

必要

bì yào

necessary

次要

cì yào

secondary

简历

jiǎn lì

curriculum vitae (CV)

简直

jiǎn zhí

simply

要不

yào bù

otherwise

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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