而已

ér yǐ

A2 Level 4 ★ Core word
Particle

而已 (ér yǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “that's all”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4 (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. that's all
  2. nothing more

Stroke order

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Example

我只是開玩笑而已,別生氣。

I was only joking; don't be angry.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).