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-sī / chí-sǐ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zi² si⁶

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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:

      edit edit 只是 指事 指示

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • 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/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zi² si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ si³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyeX dzyeX

Rime
Character	只	是
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	諸氏切	承紙切
Baxter	tsyeX	dzyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇX/	/d͡ʑiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛX/	/d͡ʑiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɛX/	/d͡ʑjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciə̆X/	/d͡ʑiə̆X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕieX/	/ʑieX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕǐeX/	/ʑǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕie̯X/	/ʑie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2	si6

Adverb

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.

   這只是聽說，但他顯然已離開了那女孩子。 [MSC, trad.]
   这只是听说，但他显然已离开了那女孩子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè zhǐshì tīngshuō, dàn tā xiǎnrán yǐ líkāi le nà nǚháizi. [Pinyin]

   It's just hearsay, but apparently he's left the girl.

2. simply

Synonyms

• (only):

• 一塌括子 (⁷iq-thaeq₇-khuaeq₇-tsy₃) (Suzhounese)
• 僅僅／仅仅 (jǐnjǐn)
• 儷是／俪是 (nâ-sê) (Eastern Min)
• 則是／则是 (zéshì) (archaic)
• 只
• 只係／只系 (zi² hai⁶) (Cantonese)
• 單純／单纯 (dānchún)
• 孤啊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 孤單／孤单 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 干焦 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 徒然 (túrán)

 

See also

• 單單／单单 (dāndān)

Conjunction

只是

1. however; but then