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zhǐ
1. only
2. merely
3. just
4. but
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

Example Sentences (10)

买衣服只考虑价格当然不好,但是只考虑买好看的也不一定对。
Mǎi yīfu zhǐ kǎolǜ jiàgé dāngrán bù hǎo, dànshì zhǐ kǎolǜ mǎi hǎokàn de yě bù yídìng duì.
When buying clothes, considering only the price is certainly not good, but only considering buying the good-looking ones is not necessarily right either.
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买衣服只考虑价格当然不好,但是只考虑买好看的也不一定对。
Mǎi yīfu zhǐ kǎolǜ jiàgé dāngrán bù hǎo, dànshì zhǐ kǎolǜ mǎi hǎokàn de yě bù yídìng duì.
When buying clothes, considering only the price is certainly not good, but only considering buying the good-looking ones is not necessarily right either.
Text 4
虽然这句话只用了三个相同的汉字,但是不同的顺序却表示了不同的意思。
Suīrán zhè jù huà zhǐ yòng le sān gè xiāngtóng de hànzì, dànshì bùtóng de shùnxù què biǎoshì le bùtóng de yìsi.
Although this sentence uses only three identical Chinese characters, different orders convey different meanings.
Text 5
我买衣服的标准是"只买对的,不买贵的"。
Wo mai yifu de biaozhun shi "zhi mai dui de, bu mai gui de".
My standard for buying clothes is "only buy the right ones, not the expensive ones".
Text 4
实际上,我们只需注意一下身边的小事就可以。
Shíjìshàng, wǒmen zhǐxū zhùyì yíxià shēnbiān de xiǎoshì jiù kěyǐ.
In fact, we only need to pay a little attention to the small things around us.
Text 5
上次那份工作你只做了两个月就离开了,其实,完全适应一个新的工作需要一年时间,所以,经常换工作不一定好。
Shàng cì nà fèn gōngzuò nǐ zhǐ zuò le liǎng gè yuè jiù líkāi le,其实,wánquán shìyìng yí gè xīn de gōngzuò xūyào yì nián shíjiān,所以,jīngcháng huàn gōngzuò bù yídìng hǎo.
Last time you left that job after only two months. Actually, it takes a year to fully adapt to a new job, so changing jobs often isn’t necessarily good.
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我就是这么做的,但这一个月下来,我只轻了一公斤。
Wǒ jiùshì zhème zuò de, dàn zhè yíge yuè xiàlái, wǒ zhǐ qīng le yì gōngjīn.
I did exactly this, but over the past month, I only lost one kilogram.
Text 1
没事,我只喝一杯。
Méishì, wǒ zhǐ hē yì bēi.
It's okay, I'll just have one glass.
Text 4
要让它完成一些任务,只教一次是不够的,应该耐心地一遍一遍地教给它,使它熟悉,然后它就会严格按照你的要求做了。
Yào ràng tā wánchéng yìxiē rènwù, zhǐ jiāo yícì shì búgòu de, yīnggāi nàixīn de yíbiàn yíbiàn de jiāo gěi tā, shǐ tā shúxī, ránhòu tā jiù huì yángé ànzhào nǐ de yāoqiú zuò le.
To have it complete some tasks, teaching it only once is not enough; you should patiently teach it again and again to make it familiar, then it will do exactly as you require.
Text 2
好呀,今天晚上只吃水果不吃饭!
Hǎo ya, jīntiān wǎnshang zhǐ chī shuǐguǒ bù chī fàn!
Okay, tonight I'll only eat fruit and not eat dinner!
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