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只是

zhǐ shì
HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. merely; only; just; nothing but
  2. 2. simply
  3. 3. but; however

Example Sentences

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那 只是 場夢嗎？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10325735)
他 只是 哭。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 799303)
这 只是 马。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2561557)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Child Words of 只是

只
zhǐ

only

只
zhī

grain that has begun to ripen

是
shì

to be (followed by substantives only)