"而已" meaning in Chinese

See 而已 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jiː²¹ jiː¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, IPA], /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, IPA], /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, IPA], /zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, IPA], /d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, IPA], /d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, IPA] Audio: Zh-éryi.ogg [Mandarin, Bopomofo], LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-而已.wav [Cantonese, Jyutping]
Head templates: {{head|zh|particle}} 而已
  1. (at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more; is all Derived forms: 僅此而已, 仅此而已
    Sense id: en-而已-zh-particle-E-7~l6qJ Categories (other): Cantonese particles, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese particles, Hokkien particles, Mandarin particles, Middle Chinese particles, Old Chinese particles, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Synonyms: 云爾 [Classical-Chinese], 罷了 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 罷了 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 罷了 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Malaysia], 罷了 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Yangzhou], [Cantonese, Guangzhou], [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], [Cantonese], [Cantonese], 之嘛 [Cantonese], [Cantonese, Jiangmen, Xinhui], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Jiangmen, Xinhui], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Taishan], [Cantonese, Taishan], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Kaiping, Chikan], [Cantonese, Kaiping, Chikan], [Cantonese, Kaiping, Chikan], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Enping, Niujiang], [Cantonese, Enping, Niujiang], [Cantonese, Singapore, Guangfu], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Singapore, Guangfu], 定定 [Hakka, Miaoli], 定定 [Hakka, Pingtung, Neipu], 定定 [Hakka, Zhudong, Hailu], [Hakka, Zhudong, Hailu], 忒等 [Hakka, Taichung, Dongshi, Dabu], 定定 [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], [Hakka, Yunlin, Lunbei, Zhao'an], 爾爾 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 爾爾 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 爾爾 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 爾爾 [Min-Nan, Tainan], [Min-Nan, Penang, Hokkien], [Min-Nan, Singapore, Hokkien], 爾爾 [Min-Nan, Singapore, Hokkien], [Min-Nan, Jieyang], 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
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          "word": "僅此而已"
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          "word": "仅此而已"
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          ],
          "english": "to just drift through life",
          "roman": "hùnhùn rìzi éryǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "混混日子而已",
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          "english": "That's all there is to it!",
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          "roman": "Rúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi!",
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          "english": "That's all there is to it!",
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          ],
          "roman": "Rúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi!",
          "tags": [
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            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "如此而已,岂有他哉!",
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          "english": "That is all.",
          "roman": "Jǐn cǐ éryǐ.",
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          "text": "僅此而已。",
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          "english": "That is all.",
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        "that's all; nothing more; is all"
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          "that's all",
          "that's all"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
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        ],
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "is all",
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        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "at the end of a phrase",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more; is all"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "云爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "罷了"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "罷了"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Malaysia"
          ],
          "word": "罷了"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
            "Yangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "罷了"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "啫"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "咋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
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            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "啫"
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            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "咋"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Jiangmen",
            "Xinhui"
          ],
          "word": "啫"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Jiangmen",
            "Xinhui"
          ],
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "咋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Kaiping",
            "Chikan"
          ],
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Kaiping",
            "Chikan"
          ],
          "word": "逸"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Kaiping",
            "Chikan"
          ],
          "word": "咿"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Enping",
            "Niujiang"
          ],
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Enping",
            "Niujiang"
          ],
          "word": "咋"
        },
        {
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            "Cantonese",
            "Singapore",
            "Guangfu"
          ],
          "word": "啫"
        },
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            "Cantonese",
            "Singapore",
            "Guangfu"
          ],
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
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          ],
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            "Hakka",
            "Miaoli"
          ],
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          "raw_tags": [
            "S. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Pingtung",
            "Neipu"
          ],
          "word": "定定"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Zhudong",
            "Hailu"
          ],
          "word": "定定"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Zhudong",
            "Hailu"
          ],
          "word": "定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung",
            "Dongshi",
            "Dabu"
          ],
          "word": "忒等"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "定定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin",
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Penang",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Singapore",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Singapore",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Jieyang"
          ],
          "word": "定"
        },
        {
          "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "éryǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄦˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
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        "Jyutping"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "éryǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄦˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "éryǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "êrh²-i³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ér-yǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "erlyii"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eri",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "эри"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìh yíh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁴ yi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ jiː¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li'ie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji'ie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nyi yiX|yiH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*nə ɢ(r)əʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*njɯ lɯʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "而已"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "已而"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "僅此而已"
    },
    {
      "word": "仅此而已"
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 已",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 而",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Hokkien particles",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin particles",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
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        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Middle Chinese particles",
        "Old Chinese lemmas",
        "Old Chinese particles",
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              16
            ]
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            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to just drift through life",
          "roman": "hùnhùn rìzi éryǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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        },
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              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
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            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
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            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Rúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi!",
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            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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        },
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              5,
              9
            ]
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            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
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          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Rúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
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        },
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              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
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            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That is all.",
          "roman": "Jǐn cǐ éryǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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        },
        {
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              7,
              11
            ]
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              2,
              4
            ]
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          "english": "That is all.",
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          ],
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          "that's all",
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        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
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        [
          "more",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "éryǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄦˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "éryǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄦˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "éryǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "êrh²-i³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ér-yǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "erlyii"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eri",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "эри"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìh yíh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁴ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁴ yi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ jiː¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li'ie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jî-í"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji'ie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Yilan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nyi yiX|yiH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*nə ɢ(r)əʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*njɯ lɯʔ/"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "云爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "罷了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "罷了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Malaysia"
      ],
      "word": "罷了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Yangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "罷了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "啫"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "咋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "啫"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "咋"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jiangmen",
        "Xinhui"
      ],
      "word": "啫"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jiangmen",
        "Xinhui"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "咋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Kaiping",
        "Chikan"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Kaiping",
        "Chikan"
      ],
      "word": "逸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Kaiping",
        "Chikan"
      ],
      "word": "咿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Enping",
        "Niujiang"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Enping",
        "Niujiang"
      ],
      "word": "咋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Singapore",
        "Guangfu"
      ],
      "word": "啫"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Singapore",
        "Guangfu"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
      ],
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "S. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Pingtung",
        "Neipu"
      ],
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
      "word": "定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
      ],
      "word": "忒等"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Penang",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Jieyang"
      ],
      "word": "定"
    },
    {
      "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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