Simplified Chinese

English

Proper noun

Simplified Chinese

1. Chinese written using the forms of Chinese characters introduced by the PRC as script reform. The characters are simplified (with a reduced number of strokes, etc.) compared to their pre-reform shapes.

Antonyms

• Traditional Chinese

Related terms

• jiantizi
• jianhuazi
• Fantizi
• Hanzi
• shinjitai (simplified in Japan)

Translations

Chinese written using simplified characters

• Arabic: حُرُوف صِينِيَّة مُبَسَّطَة‎ m pl (ḥurūf ṣīniyya mubassaṭa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 簡體中文 (zh), 简体中文 (zh) (Jiǎntǐ Zhōngwén)

• Danish: forenklet kinesisk (da) n, simplificeret kinesisk (da) n
• Dutch: vereenvoudigd Chinees (nl) n
• Finnish: yksinkertaistettu kiina
• French: chinois simplifié (fr) m
• Galician: chinés simplificado m
• German: vereinfachtes Chinesisch n
• Greek: τα απλουστευμένα κινέζικα (ta aploustevména kinézika)
• Hebrew: סינית מפושטת‎
• Hindi: सरलीकृत चीनी (hi) (sarlīkŕt cīnī)
• Hungarian: egyszerűsített kínai (hu)
• Irish: Sínis shimplithe

• Italian: cinese semplificato (it) m
• Japanese: 簡体字中国語 (Kantaiji Chūgokugo)
• Latin: lingua sinica simplificata f
• Malay: Tulisan Cina Ringkas (ms)
• Mongolian: хялбаржуулсан хятад хэл (khyalbarjuulsan khyatad khel)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forenklet kinesisk m, forenkla kinesisk m

  Nynorsk: forenkla kinesisk m

• Persian: چینی ساده‌شده‎ (čini-ye sâde-šode)
• Portuguese: chinês simplificado m
• Russian: упрощённый кита́йский m (uproščónnyj kitájskij)
• Spanish: chino simplificado m
• Turkish: Basitleştirilmiş Çince
• Vietnamese: Chữ Hán giản thể

simplified character(s)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 簡體字, 简体字 (gaan² tai² zi⁶), 簡化字, 简化字 (gaan² hua⁴ zi⁶)

  Mandarin: 簡體字 (zh), 简体字 (zh) (jiǎntǐzì), 簡化字 (zh), 简化字 (zh) (jiǎnhuàzì), 簡字 (zh), 简字 (zh) (jiǎnzì)

  Min Nan: 簡體字 (zh-min-nan), 简体字 (kán-thé-jī), 簡化字, 简化字 (kán-hòa-jī)

• Finnish: yksinkertaistetut kiinalaiset kirjoitusmerkit
• French: caractère simplifié (fr) m, caractère chinois simplifié m, sinogramme simplifié m

• Galician: caracteres simplificados m pl
• German: Kurzzeichen n
• Japanese: 簡体字 (ja) (かんたいじ, kantaiji), 簡化字 (ja) (かんかじ, kankaji)
• Korean: 간체자(簡體字) (gancheja), 간화자(簡化字) (ganhwaja), 간결체 한자 (gan'gyeolche hanja)
• Russian: упрощённый иеро́глиф m (uproščónnyj ijeróglif), цзяньти́цзы m (czjanʹtíczy)
• Vietnamese: giản thể tự (簡體字), trung văn giản thể, giản hóa từ (簡化字)