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简述

jiǎnshù

to outline

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to outline

02

to summarize

03

to sketch

04

summary

05

brief description

06

concise narrative

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 简述 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 简述 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

请简述你的想法。qǐng jiǎn shù nǐ de xiǎng fǎ。

No published English translation for this sentence.

请简述您的想法。qǐng jiǎn shù nín de xiǎng fǎ。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 简述.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 简述.

Directly before

  • 请简述2

Directly after

  • 简述你1
  • 简述您1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 简述

What does 简述 mean in Chinese?

简述 (jiǎnshù) means to outline.

How do you pronounce 简述?

简述 is pronounced jiǎnshù.

Is 简述 an HSK word?

简述 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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