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zhǐ = zh + Ø3
only / merely / just / but
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zhǐ = zh + Ø3
variant of 只[zhi3]
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zhī = zh + Ø1
grain that has begun to ripen
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zhǐ = zh + Ø3
variant of 只[zhi3]
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zhī = zh + Ø1
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
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How to pronounce 只

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

只 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= b + a1
eight; 8
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 只 as component

= ji + Ø1
to amass / to accumulate / to store / measured quantity (such as area of volume) / product (the result of multiplication) / to integrate (math.) / to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.) / old / long-standing
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zhì = zh + Ø4
flag
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shí = sh + Ø2
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]
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Words with 只

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merely / simply / only / but
merely; only; just; nothing but / simply / but; however
if only / so long as

Sentences with 只

zhǐ
yīn
shǒu
zhōng
quē
shǎo
chèn
shǒu
de
bīng

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zhǐ / zhī

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