"merely" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 就 | (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... | syn | |
| 光 | light / ray (CL:道[dao4]) / bright / shiny / only / merely / used up / finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | syn | |
| 不过 不過 | only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) | syn | |
| 单纯 單純 | simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely | syn | |
| 但 | but / yet / however / still / merely / only / just | syn | |
| 只不过 只不過 | only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ... | syn | |
| 只是 | merely / only / just / nothing but / simply / but / however | syn | |
| 仅仅 僅僅 | barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) | syn | |
| 区区 區區 | insignificant / trifling / merely | syn | |
| 单单 單單 | only / merely / just | syn | |
| 仅 僅 | barely / only / merely | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 由表及里 由表及裡 | to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance | ||
| 不只 | not only / not merely | syn | |
| 不单 不單 | not the only / not merely / not simply | syn | |
| 敷衍了事 | (idiom) to do things half-heartedly / to merely go through the motions | syn | |
| 浅尝 淺嚐 | to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink) / (fig.) to dabble in / to flirt with (a topic) | ||
| 非独 非獨 | not only / not merely | syn | |
| 颠来倒去 顛來倒去 | to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms | syn | |
| 衹 | variant of 祇|只, only / merely | ||
| 行百里者半九十 | lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done | ||
| 秪 | only, merely | ||
| 摆设 擺設 | ornament / decorative item / (fig.) sth that is merely for show | syn | |
| 化约 化約 | to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ... / to regard (sth) as merely ... |