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

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/
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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/

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	/t͡ɕiᴇ^X/	/d͡ʑiᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛ^X/	/d͡ʑiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɛ^X/	/d͡ʑjɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciə̆^X/	/d͡ʑiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕie^X/	/ʑie^X/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕǐe^X/	/ʑǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕie̯^X/	/ʑie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi²	si⁶

Adverb

只是

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.
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 (Hokkien)
孤啊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
孤單 / 孤单 (Hokkien, Teochew)
干焦 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
徒然 (túrán)
清 (cêng¹) (Teochew)

See also

單單／单单 (dāndān)

Conjunction

只是

however; but then