Level 5 · Advanced
Might as well just: 干脆 / 索性
…，干脆 / 索性 + Drastic Simple Option · Traditional: …，乾脆 / 索性 + Drastic Simple Option
When a situation is messy, 干脆 (gāncuì) proposes cutting through it with one clean, slightly drastic move: 电影票卖完了，我们干脆回家吧 "the tickets are sold out — let's just go home."
索性 (suǒxìng) works the same way but leans more written, and often describes a decision already made rather than a suggestion. Both carry a "forget the complicated options" flavor that plain 就 doesn't have.
Examples
电影票卖完了，我们干脆回家吧。
電影票賣完了，我們乾脆回家吧。
diàn yǐng piào mài wán le wǒ men gān cuì huí jiā ba
The tickets are sold out — let's just go home.
既然睡不着，干脆起来看书。
既然睡不著，乾脆起來看書。
jì rán shuì bù zháo gān cuì qǐ lai kàn shū
Since I can't sleep, I might as well get up and read.
这台电脑总是坏，干脆买个新的。
這台電腦總是壞，乾脆買個新的。
zhè tái diàn nǎo zǒng shì huài gān cuì mǎi gè xīn de
This computer keeps breaking — might as well just buy a new one.
雨越下越大，他索性不走了。
yǔ yuè xià yuè dà tā suǒ xìng bù zǒu le
The rain kept getting heavier, so he simply decided not to leave.
Common mistakes
✗ 我干脆每天吃早饭。
✓ 早上总是没时间，我干脆不吃早饭了。
干脆 introduces a bold shortcut out of a frustrating situation, not a routine habit.
Related grammar points
Practice this pattern in graded stories like Can't Take It Anymore (Part 1) inside the Literate Chinese app.
