只是

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² si⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-sǐ / chí-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-shih⁴
    • Yale: jř-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshyh
    • Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi² si⁶
    • Yale: jí sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cysi
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 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.

2. simply

Synonyms

• (only): (archaic) 則是／则是 (zéshì); (Cantonese) 只係／只系

See also

• 單單／单单 (dāndān)

Conjunction

1. however; but then

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