HanTrace

只是

zhǐshì
adverbconjunctionHSK 3

“Merely” in Chinese is 只是 (zhǐshì).

Meaning

  • merely; only; just; nothing but
  • simply
  • but; however

Example

这只是马。

This is only a horse.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zhǐHSK 25 strokesonly; merely; justshìHSK 19 strokesto be (followed by substantives only)

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Not to be confused with: 致使 (zhìshǐ, to cause) · 直视 (zhíshì, to look straight at) · 知识 (zhīshi, knowledge) · 芝士 (zhīshì, (loanword) cheese) · 指示 (zhǐshì, to point out)