Hanziro

All HSK 3.0 Level 3 words

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

  1. only
  2. merely
  3. however

Stroke order

Examples

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

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