"而已" meaning in Chinese

See 而已 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

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|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: 而已 [Classical-Chinese], 云爾 [Classical-Chinese], 而已 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 罷了 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 罷了 [Beijing], 而已 [Taiwan], 罷了 [Malaysia], 而已 [Singapore], 罷了 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Yangzhou], [Cantonese, Guangzhou], [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], [Cantonese, Jiangmen, Xinhui], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Jiangmen, Xinhui], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Taishan], [Cantonese, Taishan], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Chikan, Kaiping], [Cantonese, Chikan, Kaiping], [Cantonese, Chikan, Kaiping], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Enping, Niujiang], [Cantonese, Enping, Niujiang], [Cantonese, Guangfu, Singapore], 之嘛 [Cantonese, Guangfu, Singapore], 定定 [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Northern], 定定 [Hakka, Sixian, Pingtung], 定定 [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], 忒等 [Hakka, Taichung], [Hakka, Yunlin], 爾爾 [Xiamen], [Xiamen], 爾爾 [Quanzhou], [Quanzhou], 爾爾 [Zhangzhou], [Zhangzhou], 爾爾 [Tainan], [Hokkien, Penang], [Hokkien, Singapore], 爾爾 [Hokkien, Singapore], [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, 云爾, Beijing, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Yangzhou, Guangzhou, , , 之嘛, Hong Kong, Jiangmen [Xinhui], Taishan, Kaiping [Chikan], , , Enping [Niujiang], Singapore [Guangfu], Miaoli (alt: N. Sixian), 定定, Pingtung (alt: Neipu; S. Sixian), Hsinchu County [Hailu, Zhudong], , Taichung [Dabu, Dongshi], 忒等, Hsinchu County [Qionglin, Raoping], Yunlin [Lunbei, Zhao'an], Xiamen, 爾爾, , Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Penang [Hokkien], Singapore [Hokkien], Jieyang
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          "word": "僅此而已"
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          "english": "to just drift through life",
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          "word": "而已"
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        {
          "tags": [
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        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "罷了"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "而已"
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        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "罷了"
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          "tags": [
            "Singapore"
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          "word": "而已"
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          "word": "罷了"
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        {
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          "word": "啫"
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        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "咋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
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          "word": "之嘛"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
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          ],
          "word": "啫"
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        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "咋"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "之嘛"
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        {
          "tags": [
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            "Xinhui"
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          "word": "啫"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Jiangmen",
            "Xinhui"
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          "word": "之嘛"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "咋"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Chikan",
            "Kaiping"
          ],
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Chikan",
            "Kaiping"
          ],
          "word": "逸"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Chikan",
            "Kaiping"
          ],
          "word": "咿"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Enping",
            "Niujiang"
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          "word": "之嘛"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Enping",
            "Niujiang"
          ],
          "word": "咋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangfu",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "啫"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangfu",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Miaoli",
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "定定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Pingtung"
          ],
          "word": "定定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hsinchu-County"
          ],
          "word": "定定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hsinchu-County"
          ],
          "word": "定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung"
          ],
          "word": "忒等"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin"
          ],
          "word": "定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Penang"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "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": "云爾"
        },
        {
          "word": "Beijing"
        },
        {
          "word": "Taiwan"
        },
        {
          "word": "Malaysia"
        },
        {
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "word": "Yangzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Guangzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "啫"
        },
        {
          "word": "咋"
        },
        {
          "word": "之嘛"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hong Kong"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xinhui"
          ],
          "word": "Jiangmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Taishan"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Chikan"
          ],
          "word": "Kaiping"
        },
        {
          "word": "逸"
        },
        {
          "word": "咿"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Niujiang"
          ],
          "word": "Enping"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Guangfu"
          ],
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "alt": "N. Sixian",
          "word": "Miaoli"
        },
        {
          "word": "定定"
        },
        {
          "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
          "word": "Pingtung"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hailu",
            "Zhudong"
          ],
          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
        {
          "word": "定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Dabu",
            "Dongshi"
          ],
          "word": "Taichung"
        },
        {
          "word": "忒等"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "Yunlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Xiamen"
        },
        {
          "word": "爾爾"
        },
        {
          "word": "爾"
        },
        {
          "word": "Quanzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zhangzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tainan"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Penang"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jieyang"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "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/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "而已"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "僅此而已"
    },
    {
      "word": "仅此而已"
    }
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 已",
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        "Mandarin particles",
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          "english": "to just drift through life",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
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          "roman": "hùnhùn rìzi éryǐ",
          "text": "混混日子而已",
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        {
          "english": "That's all there is to it!",
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            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
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          "roman": "Rúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "That's all there is to it!",
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            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "roman": "Rúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "That is all.",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
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        },
        {
          "english": "That is all.",
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            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
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        "that's all; nothing more; is all"
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        [
          "that's all",
          "that's all"
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        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
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          "more",
          "more"
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          "is all",
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        "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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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
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      "word": "而已"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "云爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "而已"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "罷了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "罷了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "而已"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia"
      ],
      "word": "罷了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "而已"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Yangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "罷了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "啫"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "咋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "啫"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "咋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "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",
        "Chikan",
        "Kaiping"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Chikan",
        "Kaiping"
      ],
      "word": "逸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Chikan",
        "Kaiping"
      ],
      "word": "咿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Enping",
        "Niujiang"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Enping",
        "Niujiang"
      ],
      "word": "咋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "啫"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Pingtung"
      ],
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "忒等"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin"
      ],
      "word": "定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
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      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "爾爾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "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": "云爾"
    },
    {
      "word": "Beijing"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Malaysia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yangzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "啫"
    },
    {
      "word": "咋"
    },
    {
      "word": "之嘛"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xinhui"
      ],
      "word": "Jiangmen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taishan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chikan"
      ],
      "word": "Kaiping"
    },
    {
      "word": "逸"
    },
    {
      "word": "咿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Niujiang"
      ],
      "word": "Enping"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangfu"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "word": "定定"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
      "word": "Pingtung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "word": "定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dabu",
        "Dongshi"
      ],
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "word": "忒等"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "Yunlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xiamen"
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    },
    {
      "word": "爾"
    },
    {
      "word": "Quanzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zhangzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tainan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "Jieyang"
    }
  ],
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}

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