粵

簡gaan2單daan1

simp简单
gaan2 daan1jiǎn dān

English

  1. simple; not complicated
  2. simple; uncomplicated
  3. ordinary; commonplace

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔複雜,唔會令人難以理解
  2. 普普通通,平平凡凡;通常會講「唔簡單」嚟形容人並唔係泛泛之輩

Examples

  • 望落簡單,其實好難。

    This seems deceptively simple.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 咁簡單嘅嘢三歲細路都識啦。

    The smallest child knows such a simple thing.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你可唔可以簡單咁介紹吓自己呀?

    Could you give a simple self-introduction?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 啲規則一定唔可以多,同埋更加重要嘅係一定要簡單。

    The rules must be few and, more importantly, simple.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我相信嘅嘢好簡單:就係我鍾意相信啲咩,就可以相信啲咩。

    My religion is simple: I believe whatever I want.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 如果一個宇宙簡單到可以俾人明白,咁就正正因為佢太過簡單,所以產生唔到明白到佢嘅意識體。

    Any universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind able to understand it.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 簡單易明

    simple and easy to understand

  • 佢真係唔簡單,連太空都上過。

    He's really not that ordinary as he's even been to space.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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