Sentence #751693 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 而已 is built
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而érand
而 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
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已yǐalready
已 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
How to write 而已
而 6 strokes · 已 3 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 而已 (éryǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
而已 (éryǐ) means “that’s all” or “nothing more”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it éryǐ: ér with a 2nd tone, then yǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 而已 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type eryi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 而已 from the suggestions. Typing eryi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
而已 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
而ér2nd tone, rising
已yǐ3rd tone, dipping
