而
已

That's all in Chinese: 而已 (ér yǐ)

ér yǐ

that's all

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1that's all
  2. 2nothing more

Stroke order

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而
已

Zhuyin

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ㄦˊ

ér

ㄦ/ erˊ/ second tone

ㄧˇ

yǐ

ㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 我只是开个玩笑而已，别当真。

    wǒ zhǐ shì kāi gè wán xiào ér yǐ， bié dàng zhēn。

    I was just joking, that's all; don't take it seriously.

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Related words

而

ér

and

已

yǐ

already

已经

yǐ jīng

already

而且

ér qiě

(not only ...) but also

然而

rán ér

however

从而

cóng ér

thus

反而

fǎn ér

on the contrary

因而

yīn ér

therefore

早已

zǎo yǐ

for a long time

而是

ér shì

rather

时而

shí ér

occasionally

不已

bù yǐ

endlessly

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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