Meaning:

    Literally translated as “almost,” “简直” is traditionally used to modify another adjective or adverb. For example: Someone talks “简直没完没了” (almost endlessly). As Chinese netizens tend to use more simplified language, this term is now used independently to express a strong feeling, which could be amazement, admiration, frustration or rage, depending on the context.

    Example:

    A: 你怎么一副没睡够的样子？

    Nǐ zěnme yīfù méi shuì gòu de yàngzi?

    Why do you look so sleepy?

    B: 数学老师布置的作业太多，昨晚写到十二点，简直了。

    Shùxué lǎoshī bùzhì de zuòyè tài duō, zuówǎn xiě dào shí’èrdiǎn, jiǎnzhí le。

    The math teacher gave us too many assignments and I worked on them until midnight yesterday. It’s totally exhausting.

    A: 看来你还是喜欢语文老师多一点。

    Kànlái nǐ háishì xǐhuān yǔwén lǎoshī duō yīdiǎn。

    So you like your Chinese teacher better.

    B: 我最喜欢英语老师。语文老师没一点幽默感，简直了。

    Wǒ zuì xǐhuān yīngyǔ lǎoshī。Yǔwén lǎoshī méi yīdiǎn yōumògǎn, jiǎnzhí le。

    I like my English teacher best. The Chinese teacher has no sense of humor, totally.