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Compounds Expand your vocabulary by studying more complex words built by the 'core words'.




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simply B1 adv.

TOPIK SIMPLY 单纯 히 简单地,单一地 단순히 たんじゅんに【単純に】。たんに【単に】 một cách đơn thuần SIMPLEMENTE, SENCILLAMENTE
TOPIK JUST; MERELY; SIMPLY 只,单单 ただ。たった chỉ, duy chỉ SOLO
TOPIK SIMPLY; MERELY 非但 不但,不仅,不只 비단 ただ。たんに【単に】 duy chỉ, chỉ SOLAMENTE, SIMPLEMENTE



HSK 1.0 (1992)

Big5

Gb

Pin

Eng

B

只是

只是

zhi3shi4

only/ merely/ simply/ but

C

簡直

简直

jian3zhi2

simply/ utterly/ totally/ at all/ virtually

D

只顧

只顾

zhi3gu4

merely/ simply/ be absorbed in


HSK 2.0 (2010)

Big5

Gb

Pin

Eng

5

简直

jian3 zhi2

simply/ at all/ practically

5

fei1

non-/ not-/ un-/ abbr. for Africa 非洲/ wrong/ evil-doing/ insist on/ simply must

5

干脆

gan1 cui4

straightforward/ clear-cut/ blunt (e.g. statement)/ you might as well/ simply

5

根本

gen1 ben3

fundamental/ basic/ root/ simply/ absolutely (not)/ (not) at all/ CL:個|个[ge4]

6

索性

suo3 xing4

you might as well (do it)/ simply/ just


HSK 3.0 (2022)

Big5

Gb

Pin

Eng

3

簡直

简直

jiǎnzhí

simply, really

3

jǐn

scantily, simply, alone, merely, barely, only, but, just

3

僅僅

仅仅

jǐnjǐn

strictly, solely, exclusively, entirely, alone, merely, only, purely, simply, scantly, narrowly, barely, just

3

zhí

directly, straight, continuously, just, simply

3

只是

只是

zhǐshì

merely, only, just, simply be

6

只管

只管

zhǐguǎn

solely engrossed in one thing, just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest), simply, by all means, please feel free, do not hesitate (to ask for sth)

7

簡易

简易

jiǎnyì

simple and easy, simply constructed, unsophisticated

7

索性

索性

suǒxìng

you might as well (do it), simply, just

7

無非

无非

wúfēi

nothing but, than, simply, only



I simply haven't the time to do everything I want to do .

我根本没有时间做我想做的一切。

She was absent simply because she caught cold .

她缺席只是因为感冒了。



我根本没有时间做我想做的一切。
她缺席只是因为感冒了。