HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Adverbs

仅 jǐn “only” in Chinese

Traditional 僅

What 仅 means

  1. only
  2. merely
  3. barely

How to say 仅

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale仅jǐn3rd tone, dipping

仅 in a sentence

  1. 这是我仅有的一本书。

    Zhè shì wǒ jǐn yǒu de yì běn shū.

    This is the only book I have.

    Sentence #791415 from Tatoeba

  2. 仅三分之一的成员出席了会议。

    Jǐn sān fēn zhī yī de chéngyuán chūxí le huìyì.

    Only a third of the members came to the meeting.

    Sentence #332802 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她不仅漂亮，而且对每个人都很好。

    Tā bùjǐn piàoliang, érqiě duì měi ge rén dōu hěn hǎo.

    She’s not only beautiful but also kind to everyone.

    Sentence #336976 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 仅 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 仅 (jǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
仅jǐnbarely
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 仅

仅 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

仅 (jǐn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 仅 (jǐn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 仅

Words with 仅

不仅bùjǐn · not only (… but also)

More words: Adverbs & Degree

刚刚gānggāng · just now已yǐ · already好好hǎohǎo · properly再次zàicì · once again仍réng · still更加gèngjiā · even more共gòng · altogether实际上shíjìshàng · in fact

FAQs

仅 (jǐn) means “only” or “merely”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it jǐn: jǐn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 仅 is written 僅. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 仅 from the suggestions. Typing jin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
仅 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older 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.