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仅仅

jǐnjǐn
adverbHSK 3

“Barely” in Chinese is 仅仅 (jǐnjǐn).

Meaning

  • barely
  • only
  • merely
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  • only (this and nothing more)

Example

仅仅听我们说吧。

Just listen to us.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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Not to be confused with: 紧紧 (jǐnjǐn, closely)