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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">简直</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">jiǎnzhí</span>) is similar to "<b>simply</b>" or "<b>completely</b>" in English, and can be used to modify adjectives or verbs, adding a tone of amazement on the part of the speaker.</p>

  <h2 id="using-简直-to-modify-verbs">Using&#160;<span class="hanzist">简直</span>&#160;to modify verbs</h2>

  <h3 id="basic-structure">Basic structure</h3>

  <div class="jiegou">
    <div class="deux">Subj. +&#160;<span class="hanzist">简直</span>&#160;+ Verb</div>
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  <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">你 简直 不 是 人。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">You simply aren't a person.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">你 的 房间 简直 像 一 个 战场，快点 收拾 收拾!</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Your room looks like a complete war zone. Hurry up and clean it!</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 简直 不敢 相信！</span>&#160;<span class="trans">I simply can't bring myself to believe it.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 简直 不 知道 该 怎么 说服 你。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">I just don't know how I should persuade you.</span></li>
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  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">简直</span>&#160;is often used with "<span class="hanzi">就是在</span>&#160;+ verb" or "<span class="hanzi">是在</span>&#160;+ verb" structure. In English we might say: "<b>He's simply lying to you.</b>"</p>

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    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">三星 的 智能 手机 简直 就是 在 模仿 iPhone。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">The Samsung smartphones are just a copy of the iPhone.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他 简直 是 在 骗 你。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">He's just lying to you.</span></li>
    </ul>
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  <h3 id="complex-structure">Complex structure</h3>

  <div class="jiegou">
    <div class="deux">Subj. + (Obj.) + Verb +&#160;<span class="hanzist">得</span>&#160;+&#160;<span class="hanzist">简直</span>&#160;+ Adj.</div>
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  <h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3>

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    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">他 普通话 说 得 简直 比 中国人 还 标准！</span>&#160;<span class="trans">He simply speaks Mandarin more correctly than Chinese people!</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">中国 的 高速 铁路 修建 得 简直 太 快 了!</span>&#160;<span class="trans">China's elevated railroad was simply built really fast!</span></li>
    </ul>
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  <h2 id="using-简直-to-modify-adjectives">Using&#160;<span class="hanzist">简直</span>&#160;to modify adjectives</h2>

  <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>

  <div class="jiegou">
    <div class="deux">Subj. +&#160;<span class="hanzist">简直</span>&#160;+ Adj.</div>
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  <h3 id="examples-2">Examples</h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">你 的 男 朋友 简直（是）太 帅 了!</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Your boyfriend is just so handsome!</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他 的 考试 成绩 简直 好极 了！</span>&#160;<span class="trans">His test grades are simply fantastic!</span></li>
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  <p>However, although it is possible in English to say something is "simply beautiful," in Chinese,&#160;<span class="hanzi">简直</span>&#160;cannot be followed directly by an unmodified adjective. Modifiers like <a href="Expressing_&quot;excessively&quot;_with_&quot;tai&quot;" title="wikilink">太</a>, <a href="Simple_&quot;noun_+_Adj.&quot;_sentences" title="wikilink">很</a> and <a href="Positive_adjectives_with_&quot;-ji_le&quot;" title="wikilink">极了</a> can be used, as in the following examples:</p>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">她 简直 漂亮！</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">她 很 漂亮！</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">她 简直 太 漂亮 了！</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">她 简直 漂亮 极 了!</span><br/></li>
    </ul>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>Boya Chinese Upper Intermediate 1 (<span class="hanzi">博雅汉语中级冲刺篇</span>) (pp. 115) </li>

    <li>Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (<span class="hanzi">汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级</span>) (pp. 134-6) </li>

    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本4</span>) (pp. 225) </li>
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