而已

Chinese

		and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
simp. and trad. (而已)		而	已
anagram		已而

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): éryǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ ji⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lî-í / jî-í

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: éryǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: éryǐ
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²-i³
    • Yale: ér-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlyii
    • Palladius: эри (eri)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ ji⁵
    • Yale: yìh yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ jiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-í
    • Tâi-lô: lî-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li'ie
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-í
    • Tâi-lô: jî-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'ie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Yilan): /d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 而已

1. (usually at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more; is all

   混混日子而已  ―  hùnhùn rìzi éryǐ  ―  to just drift through life

   如此而已，豈有他哉！ [MSC, trad.]
   如此而已，岂有他哉！ [MSC, simp.]

   Rúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi! [Pinyin]

   That's all there is to it!

   僅此而已。／仅此而已。  ―  Jǐn cǐ éryǐ.  ―  That is all.

Synonyms

• 罷了／罢了 (bàliǎo)
• (literary) 云爾 (yún'ěr)
• (Min Nan) 爾爾／尔尔 (ěr'ěr)

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
而	已
の Jinmeiyō	み Jinmeiyō

Particle

而(の)已(み) • (nomi) 

1. (archaic) Alternative form of のみ (nomi, “only”)