只

秖traditional

HSK 1#98 by frequencyradical 口

zhī["d","q"]

grain that has begun to ripen; classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

zhǐ["d","q"]

only; merely; just; but

zhī隻

classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

Examples

几只苹果？

How many apples are there?

我只吃肉。

I only eat meat.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.