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只

衹
zhǐ
HSK 2freq #98

Meanings

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zhǐ
  1. 1.variant of 只[zhǐ]
zhī
  1. 1.grain that has begun to ripen
zhǐ
  1. 1.only; merely; just
zhī
  1. 1.variant of 只[zhī]
zhǐ
  1. 1.variant of 只[zhǐ]
zhī
  1. 1.classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.only; just; simply; merely
  2. 2.originally; at first
  3. 3.this
  4. 4.A modal particle.
  5. 5.to do
  6. 6.Progressive particle, akin to 著／着 (zhe).
  7. 7.a surname
  8. 8.Classifier for hands and objects worn on/around hand.
  9. 9.Classifier for one of a pair.
  10. 10.Classifier for boats and certain vessels.

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形): airflow coming out of a mouth (口) – a modal particle. Compare 四 and 曰. Schuessler (2007) suggests that it is possibly Sino-Tibetan, relating it to Kamarupan ke, kʰe (“one”), which are perhaps related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kjaŋ (“single”), whence Tibetan རྐྱང (rkyang, “single”), Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:, “single”) and Burmese ချည်း (hkyany:, “alone,only, just”).

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Stroke order

Components

只口八

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

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Synonyms

一塌括子 (7iq-thaeq7-khuaeq7-tsy3)僅僅仅仅儷是俪是則是则是只係只系只是單純单纯孤孤啊孤單孤单干焦徒然清此斯是之茲夫爾這呢依該

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Derived terms

不只不圖打點，只圖混水不图打点，只图混水不怕官，只怕管不怕縣官，只怕現管不怕县官，只怕现管不管生癬生瘡，我只生癩不管生癣生疮，我只生癞不管講雞講鴨，我只講鵝不管讲鸡讲鸭，我只讲鹅世上無難事，只怕有心人世上无难事，只怕有心人僅只仅只只今只可只可意會，不可言傳 / 只可意会，不可言传只合只在只好只待只得只怕只教只是只會只会只有只有出的氣，沒有進的氣只有出的气，没有进的气

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Related words

只是 merely; only; just; nothing but只有 only have ...; there is only ...只要 so long as; provided; if只能 can only只好 to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to船只 ship只顾 to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with只得 to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to只管 solely engrossed in one thing只见 to see (the same thing) over and over again只怕 I'm afraid that...只当 (coll.) to take (sth) as …; to treat as …; to assume; to act as if …