| 1 | 简单 | 簡單 | jiǎn dān | jian3 dan1 | simple; not complicated | | |
| 2 | 简直 | 簡直 | jiǎn zhí | jian3 zhi2 | simply; at all; practically | | |
| 3 | 简 | 簡 | jiǎn | jian3 | simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old) | | |
| 4 | 简化 | 簡化 | jiǎn huà | jian3 hua4 | to simplify | | |
| 5 | 简称 | 簡稱 | jiǎn chēng | jian3 cheng1 | to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form | | |
| 6 | 简便 | 簡便 | jiǎn biàn | jian3 bian4 | simple and convenient; handy | | |
| 7 | 简陋 | 簡陋 | jiǎn lòu | jian3 lou4 | simple and crude | | |
| 8 | 简要 | 簡要 | jiǎn yào | jian3 yao4 | concise; brief | | |
| 9 | 简易 | 簡易 | jiǎn yì | jian3 yi4 | simple and easy; simplistic; simplicity | | |
| 10 | 精简 | 精簡 | jīng jiǎn | jing1 jian3 | to simplify; to reduce | | |
| 11 | 简明 | 簡明 | jiǎn míng | jian3 ming2 | simple and clear; concise | | |
| 12 | 简短 | 簡短 | jiǎn duǎn | jian3 duan3 | brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity | | |
| 13 | 简单化 | 簡單化 | jiǎn dān huà | jian3 dan1 hua4 | simplification; to simplify | | |
| 14 | 不简单 | 不簡單 | bù jiǎn dān | bu4 jian3 dan1 | not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous | | |
| 15 | 极简主义 | 極簡主義 | jí jiǎn zhǔ yì | ji2 jian3 zhu3 yi4 | minimalism | | |
| 16 | 简拼 | 簡拼 | jiǎn pīn | jian3 pin1 | (computing) input method where the user types just the initial or first letter of each syllable, e.g. "shq" or "sq" for 事情 ) | | |
| 17 | 化繁为简 | 化繁為簡 | huà fán wéi jiǎn | hua4 fan2 wei2 jian3 | simplify what is complicated (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 航空邮简 | 航空郵簡 | háng kōng yóu jiǎn | hang2 kong1 you2 jian3 | aerogram | | |
| 19 | 竹简 | 竹簡 | zhú jiǎn | zhu2 jian3 | bamboo writing slips in ancient times (joined together to form whole scrolls) | | |
| 20 | 繁简 | 繁簡 | fán jiǎn | fan2 jian3 | complicated and simple; traditional and simplified form of Chinese characters | | |
| 21 | 简册 | 簡冊 | jiǎn cè | jian3 ce4 | booklet; brochure; (old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together) | | |
| 22 | 短简 | 短簡 | duǎn jiǎn | duan3 jian3 | brief | | |
| 23 | 蠹简 | 蠹簡 | dù jiǎn | du4 jian3 | old worm-eaten books | | |
| 24 | 简单粗暴 | 簡單粗暴 | jiǎn dān cū bào | jian3 dan1 cu1 bao4 | to do things in slapdash way (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 简单地 | 簡單地 | jiǎn dān de | jian3 dan1 de5 | briefly; simply | | |