# 只是 (zhǐshì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 只是 (zhǐshì) means “only; merely; however”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: only; merely; however
- Pinyin: zhǐshì (zhi3 shi4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 我只是跟你开个玩笑。
  Wǒ zhǐshì gēn nǐ kāi gè wánxiào.
  I was only joking with you.

## Characters

- [只](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-only/) (zhǐ): only; just
- [是](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-be/) (shì): to be; is

https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-shi-only/

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