豈止

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Chinese

how can it be that to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (豈止)
simp. (岂止)
alternative forms 豈只岂只

Pronunciation


Adverb

豈止

  1. (used to ask a rhetorical question) how can it stop at (this amount); way more than; far from
    反對豈止 [MSC, trad.]
    反对岂止 [MSC, simp.]
    Fǎnduì de rén qǐzhǐ wǒ yī gè.
    There are way more people, not just me, who oppose this.