Simplified Chinese

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Simplified Chinese

  • /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd tʃaɪˈniːz/
  • /ˈsɪmpləfaɪd tʃaɪˈniːz/

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proper noun

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

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name Chinese written using simplified characters

Españolchino simplificado
日本語簡体字中国語 Kantaiji Chūgokugo
中文簡體中文 /简体中文 jiǎntǐ zhōngwén
हिन्दीसरलीकृत चीनी sarlīkŕt cīnī
Portuguêschinês simplificado
Françaischinois simplifié
Deutschvereinfachtes Chinesisch
Italianocinese semplificato
Ελληνικάτα απλουστευμένα κινέζικα ta aploustevména kinézika
Русскийупрощённый кита́йский uproščónnyj kitájskij
Tiếng ViệtChữ Hán giản thể
العربيةحُرُوف صِينِيَّة مُبَسَّطَة ḥurūf ṣīniyya mubassaṭa
עבריתסינית מפושטת

name simplified character(s)

한국어간체자 gancheja, 간화자 ganhwaja
日本語簡体字 kantaiji, 簡化字 kankaji
中文簡體字 /简体字 jiǎntǐzì, 簡化字 /简化字 jiǎnhuàzì, 簡字 /简字 jiǎnzì
Françaiscaractère simplifié, caractère chinois simplifié, sinogramme simplifié
DeutschKurzzeichen
Русскийупрощённый иеро́глиф uproščónnyj ijeróglif, цзяньти́цзы czjanʹtíczy
Tiếng Việtgiản thể tự, trung văn giản thể, giản hóa từ

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@misc{simplified_chinese_2026,
  title = {Simplified Chinese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/simplified%20chinese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}