只是

HSK 3#236 by frequencyradical 口

zhǐ shì["d","c","v"]

only; just; merely; simply; nothing but; but; however

Examples

他只是哭。

He did nothing but cry.

这只是马。

This is only a horse.

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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.