简直

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 这里的风景简直美得像一幅画。▶ —
   The scenery here is simply as beautiful as a painting.
2. 他的中文好得简直像母语者。▶ —
   His Chinese is so good he is virtually like a native speaker.

Collocations

Mnemonic

简 jiǎn "simple" + 直 zhí "straight": "simply, virtually". An emphatic adverb that exaggerates, asserting something is all but so. 简直是奇迹 = it is simply a miracle. Conveys the speaker’s astonishment.

Related

Quick check

1. What is the tone of 简直?

   • exaggerating that it is virtually so (simply)
   • firmly negating
   • merely marking time
   • a polite request