# 而已 (éryǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 而已 (éryǐ) means “(particle) that's all; only”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (particle) that's all; only
- Pinyin: éryǐ (er2 yi3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我只是开个玩笑而已。
  Wǒ zhǐshì kāi gè wánxiào éryǐ.
  I was only joking, that's all.

## Characters

- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- [已](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-already/) (yǐ): already; to stop

https://hanziro.com/word/er-yi-thats-all/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).