而已

Chinese

		and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
simp. and trad. (而已)		而	已

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): éryǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ ji⁵
Min Nan (POJ): lî-í / jî-í

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: éryǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlyyi
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ ji⁵
  - Yale: yìh yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ yi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ jiː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-í
  - Tâi-lô: lî-í
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li'ie
  - IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-í
  - Tâi-lô: jî-í
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ji'ie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/

Adverb

而已

(usually at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more; is all
混混日子而已 ― hùnhùn rìzi éryǐ ― to just drift through life

如此而已，豈有他哉！ [MSC, trad.]
如此而已，岂有他哉！ [MSC, simp.]
Rúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi! [Pinyin]
That's all there is to it!

僅此而已。 / 仅此而已。 ― Jǐn cǐ éryǐ. ― That is all.

Synonyms

罷了／罢了 (bà le)
(literary) 云爾／云尔 (yún'ěr)
(Min Nan) 爾爾／尔尔 (ěr'ěr)

Derived terms

僅此而已／仅此而已

Japanese

Kanji in this term
而	已
の Jinmeiyō	み Jinmeiyō

Particle

而已 (hiragana のみ, rōmaji nomi)

(archaic) Alternative form of のみ (nomi, “only”)

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