"而已" meaning in Chinese

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Adverb

IPA: /ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiː²¹ jiː¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/ [Hokkien, Yilan], /d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /jiː²¹ jiː¹³/, /li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/, /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/, /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/, /zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/, /d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/, /d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: éryǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄦˊ ㄧˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ji⁴ ji⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lî-í, jî-í, éryǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], éryǐ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], êrh²-i³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ér-yǐ [Mandarin, Yale], erlyii [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], эри [Mandarin, Palladius], eri [Mandarin, Palladius], yìh yíh [Cantonese, Yale], ji⁴ ji⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yi⁴ yi⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], lî-í [Hokkien, POJ], lî-í [Hokkien, Tai-lo], li'ie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], jî-í [Hokkien, POJ], jî-í [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ji'ie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], nyi yiX|yiH [Middle-Chinese], /*nə ɢ(r)əʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*njɯ lɯʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 而已
  1. (usually at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more; is all Synonyms: 云爾 (yún'ěr) [literary], 但定 (nā-tiāⁿ) [Min-Nan], 定定 [Hakka], 爾爾 (niā-niā) [Hokkien], 尔尔 (niā-niā) [Hokkien], 罷了, 罢了 Derived forms: 僅此而已, 仅此而已
    Sense id: en-而已-zh-adv-E-7~l6qJ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "混混日子而已",
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          "ref": "如此而已,豈有他哉! [MSC, trad.]",
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      "zh-pron": "éryǐ"
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄦˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
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    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "jî-í"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ér-yǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erlyii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "эри"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "eri"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìh yíh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁴ yi⁵"
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    {
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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      "zh-pron": "lî-í"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li'ie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji'ie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Yilan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyi yiX|yiH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nə ɢ(r)əʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*njɯ lɯʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ jiː¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*nə ɢ(r)əʔ/"
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      "other": "/*njɯ lɯʔ/"
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}
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      "word": "僅此而已"
    },
    {
      "word": "仅此而已"
    }
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien adverbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio links",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
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          "english": "to just drift through life",
          "roman": "hùnhùn rìzi éryǐ",
          "text": "混混日子而已",
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        },
        {
          "english": "That's all there is to it!",
          "ref": "如此而已,豈有他哉! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "如此而已,岂有他哉! [MSC, simp.]\nRúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi! [Pinyin]",
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          "english": "That is all.",
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        "that's all; nothing more; is all"
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          "nothing",
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          "more",
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        [
          "is all",
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        "(usually at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more; is all"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "éryǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄦˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "éryǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "éryǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êrh²-i³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ér-yǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erlyii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "эри"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "eri"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìh yíh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁴ yi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ jiː¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li'ie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji'ie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Yilan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyi yiX|yiH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nə ɢ(r)əʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*njɯ lɯʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ jiː¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*nə ɢ(r)əʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*njɯ lɯʔ/"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yún'ěr",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "云爾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nā-tiāⁿ",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "但定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niā-niā",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niā-niā",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "尔尔"
    },
    {
      "word": "罷了"
    },
    {
      "word": "罢了"
    }
  ],
  "word": "而已"
}

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