只 (zhǐ) — solo, solamente, meramente
Definition
只 (zhǐ) significa 'solo' y limita la palabra que le sigue (ej. 我只喜欢喝茶 = Solo me gusta tomar té). 仅 y 仅仅 son sinónimos más formales/literarios; 只是 suaviza la afirmación y a menudo significa 'pero / solo que'.
adverb
solosolamentemeramente
Easily confused
- 趴pālook-aliketo lie on one's stomach or to lean forward with one's upper body resting on something (e.g., a table, bed, floor)
- 指zhǐsound-aliketo point at, to indicate, to show
- 其qílook-alike(possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their (used before a noun)
- 纸zhǐsound-alikepaper
- 止zhǐsound-aliketo stop, to cease, to halt
Examples
- 只。Wǒ zhǐ xǐ huan hē chá.Solo me gusta tomar té.
- 只，。Tā zhǐ huì shuō yīng yǔ, bú huì shuō zhōng wén.Él solo sabe hablar inglés, no chino.
- 。Zhè lǐ zhǐ yǒu yí gè shāng diàn.Aquí solo hay una tienda.
Grammar
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