只是

Chinese

 
only; merely; just
only; merely; just; but
be; yes; this
simp. and trad.
(只是)
只 是

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 只 是
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 支 (11) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 諸氏切 承紙切
Baxter tsyeX dzyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇX/ /d͡ʑiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛX/ /d͡ʑiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjɛX/ /d͡ʑjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciə̆X/ /d͡ʑiə̆X/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕieX/ /ʑieX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕǐeX/ /ʑǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕie̯X/ /ʑie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhǐ shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi2 si6

Adverb

只是

  1. only; merely; just
    他只是一個小孩。 [MSC, trad.]
    他只是一个小孩。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhǐshì yīge xiǎohái. [Pinyin]
    He is only a child.
    我跟她真的只是普通朋友。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Wǒ gēn tā zhēnde zhǐshì pǔtōng péngyǒu. [Pinyin]
    She and I are really just friends.
    這只是聽說,但他顯然已離開了那女孩子。 [MSC, trad.]
    这只是听说,但他显然已离开了那女孩子。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè zhǐshì tīngshuō, dàn tā xiǎnrán yǐ líkāi le nà nǚháizi. [Pinyin]
    It's just hearsay, but apparently he's left the girl.
  2. simply

Synonyms

  • (only):

See also

Conjunction

只是

  1. however; but then
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