Merely in Chinese
merely · HSK 3
只是
- 只 only
- 是 to be
Other ways to say merely
More words with 只 or 是
How do you say merely in Chinese?
Merely in Chinese is 只是 (zhǐ shì). You can also say 仅 (jǐn), 仅仅 (jǐn jǐn), 但 (dàn), 聊 (liáo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.