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單純

简单纯 · 繁單純

Mandarin · pinyin dān chún

simple
pure
unsophisticated
merely
purely

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单: dān · single, individual, only; lone
纯: chún · pure, clean, simple

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1–2 · dan1 chun2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daan1 seon4

Cantonese word readings for 單純. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

simple; uncomplicated; easy
naive; pure
(geometry, algebraic topology) simplicial

adv

simply; purely; merely

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