| 简单 | jiǎn dān | simple / not complicated |   |
| 单纯 | dān chún | simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely | |
| 朴实 | pǔ shí | plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest | |
| 质朴 | zhì pǔ | simple / plain / unadorned / unaffected / unsophisticated / rustic / earthy | |
| 简略 | jiǎn lu:è | simple / brief | |
| 素朴 | sù pǔ | simple / unadorned / unsophisticated / naive | |
| 浅近 | qiǎn jìn | simple | |
| 浅易 | qiǎn yì | easy / simple / suitable for beginners | |
| 木 |  mù | tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] | |
| 简 | jiǎn | simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old) | |
| 纯 | chún | pure / simple / unmixed / genuine | |
| 颛 | zhuān | good / simple | |
| 戆 | zhuàng | simple / honest | |
| 樸实 | pǔ shí | (adj) simple / unadorned / (adj) honest / plain speaking | |
| 浅白 | qiǎn bái | simple / easy to understand | |
| 纯属 | chún shǔ | to be purely / pure and simple / sheer / outright | |
| 简易 | jiǎn yì | simple and easy / simplistic / simplicity | |
| 搭建 | dā jiàn | to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up | |
| 小品 | xiǎo pǐn | short, simple literary or artistic creation / essay / skit | |
| 简便 | jiǎn biàn | simple and convenient / handy | |
| 朴素 | pǔ sù | plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous | |
| 不简单 | bù jiǎn dān | not simple / rather complicated / remarkable / marvelous | |
| 简陋 | jiǎn lòu | simple and crude | |
| 古朴 | gǔ pǔ | simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) | |
| 简明 | jiǎn míng | simple and clear / concise | |
| 淡雅 | dàn yǎ | simple and elegant | |
| 淳朴 | chún pǔ | simple and honest / unsophisticated / guileless | |
| 浑厚 | hún hòu | simple and honest / unsophisticated / (music etc) deep and resounding | |
| 淡泊 | dàn bó | living a simple life | |
| 憨厚 | hān hou | simple and honest / straightforward | |
| 深入浅出 | shēn rù qiǎn chū | to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand | |
| 平实 | píng shí | simple and unadorned / plain / (of land) level / even | |
| 平易近人 | píng yì jìn rén | amiable and approachable (idiom) / easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand | |
| 简朴 | jiǎn pǔ | simple and unadorned / plain | |
| 家常便饭 | jiā cháng biàn fàn | simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary | |
| 简繁 | jiǎn fán | simple versus traditional (Chinese characters) | |
| 醇厚 | chún hòu | mellow and rich / simple and kind | |
| 素雅 | sù yǎ | simple yet elegant | |
| 简单明了 | jiǎn dān míng liǎo | clear and simple / in simple terms | |
| 繁简 | fán jiǎn | complicated and simple / traditional and simplified form of Chinese characters | |
| 简写 | jiǎn xiě | to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language | |
| 清苦 | qīng kǔ | destitute but honest / poor and simple / spartan / austere | |
| 简言之 | jiǎn yán zhī | in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly | |
| 俭朴 | jiǎn pǔ | plain and unadorned / thrifty and simple | |
| 小日子 | xiǎo rì zi | simple life | |
| 正弦波 | zhèng xián bō | sine wave / simple harmonic vibration | |
| 素净 | sù jing | simple and neat / quiet (colors) / unobtrusive / (of food) light / not greasy or strongly flavored | |
| 单质 | dān zhì | simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond) | |
| 白描 | bái miáo | line drawing in traditional ink and brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing | |
| 淳厚 | chún hòu | pure and honest / simple and kind | |
| 便饭 | biàn fàn | an ordinary meal / simple home cooking | |
| 粗茶淡饭 | cū chá dàn fàn | plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water | |
| 单句 | dān jù | simple sentence (grammar) | |
| 浅说 | qiǎn shuō | simple introduction / primer | |
| 单摆 | dān bǎi | simple pendulum (physics) | |
| 因陋就简 | yīn lòu jiù jiǎn | crude but simple methods (idiom) / use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works. | |
| 朴 | pǔ | plain and simple / Taiwan pr. [pu2] | |
| 言近旨远 | yán jìn zhǐ yuǎn | simple words with a profound meaning (idiom) | |
| 曲肱而枕 | qū gōng ér zhěn | lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom) / fig. content with simple things | |
| 淡泊明志 | dàn bó míng zhì | living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom) | |
| 单韵母 | dān yùn mǔ | simple finals | |
| 鸡毛店 | jī máo diàn | a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on | |
| 简单网络管理协议 | jiǎn dān wǎng luò guǎn lǐ xié yì | Simple Network Management Protocol / SNMP | |
| 樸素 | pǔ sù | (adj) plain and simple / unadorned / (adj) simple living / not frivolous | |
| 浅层文字 | qiǎn céng wén zì | shallow orthography (governed by simple rules) | |
| 深层文字 | shēn céng wén zì | deep orthography (not governed by simple rules) | |
| 原因很简单 | yuán yīn hěn jiǎn dān | the reason is very simple | |
| 质樸 | zhì pǔ | simple and unadorned / downright / unpretentious / plain / unaffected | |
| 一手交钱，一手交货 | yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò | lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction | |
| 刘姥姥进大观园 | Liú lǎo lao jìn Dà guān yuán | Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens / (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings | |
| 勤俭朴素 | qín jiǎn pǔ sù | hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom) | |
| 勤朴 | qín pǔ | simple and industrious / hardworking and frugal | |
| 憨实 | hān shí | simple and honest | |
| 拙直 | zhuō zhí | simple and frank | |
| 搭盖 | dā gài | to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up | |
| 简则 | jiǎn zé | general rule / simple principle | |
| 简繁转换 | jiǎn fán zhuǎn huàn | conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters | |
| 简谐 | jiǎn xié | simple harmonic (motion, oscillation etc in mechanics) | |
| 简谐振动 | jiǎn xié zhèn dòng | simple harmonic oscillation / sinusoidal oscillation | |
| 简谐波 | jiǎn xié bō | simple harmonic wave / sine wave | |
| 简谐运动 | jiǎn xié yùn dòng | simple harmonic motion (in mechanics) / motion of a simple pendulum | |
| 老婆孩子热炕头 | lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou | wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life | |
| 要言不烦 | yào yán bù fán | to explain in simple terms / succinct / concise | |
| 诚朴 | chéng pǔ | simple and sincere | |
| 丰俭由人 | fēng jiǎn yóu rén | fancy or simple according to sb's budget (idiom) | |
| 释俗 | shì sú | to explain in simple terms | |
| 雅淡 | yǎ dàn | simple and elegant | |
| 简单多数 | jiǎn dān duō shù | plurality / simple majority | |
| 简单签署 | | simple signature | |
| 简易技术博物馆 | | Museum of Simple Technology | |
| 相对多数 | | plurality / simple majority | |
| 简易邮件传输协议 | | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol | |
| SMTP协议 | SMTPxié yì | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol | |
| 简易新闻聚合 | jiǎn yì xīn wén jù hé | Really Simple Syndication | |
| 简单等深线 | | simple isobath | |
| 简单后座作用 | | simple blowback action | |
| 简单线性回归 | | simple linear regression | |
| 一元线性回归 | | simple linear regression | |
| 单纯词 | dān chún cí | (linguistics) single-morpheme word / simple word | |
| 寮房 | liáo fáng | hut / simple dwelling / monk's hut | |
