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Chinese
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and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
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already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
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simp. and trad. (而已)
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而
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已
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anagram
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已而
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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而
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已
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已
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Initial (聲)
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日 (38)
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以 (36)
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以 (36)
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Final (韻)
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之 (19)
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之 (19)
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之 (19)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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Fanqie
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如之切
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羊己切
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羊吏切
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Baxter
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nyi
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yiX
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yiH
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/ȵɨ/
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/jɨX/
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/jɨH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/ȵɨ/
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/jɨX/
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/jɨH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/ȵʑie/
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/ieX/
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/ieH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/ȵɨ/
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/jɨX/
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/jɨH/
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Li Rong
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/ȵiə/
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/iəX/
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/iəH/
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Wang Li
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/ȵʑĭə/
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/jĭəX/
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/jĭəH/
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Bernard Karlgren
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/ȵʑi/
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/iX/
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/iH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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ér
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yǐ
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yì
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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ji4
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ji5
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ji6
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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而
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已
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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ér
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yǐ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nyi ›
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‹ yiX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*nə/
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/*ɢ(r)əʔ/
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English
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and, but
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cease; already
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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而
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已
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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2720
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14924
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Phonetic component
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而
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已
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Rime group
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之
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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而
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以
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Old Chinese
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/*njɯ/
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/*lɯʔ/
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Notes
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巳轉註字
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Particle
而已
- (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!
- That's all there is to it!
- 僅此而已。/仅此而已。 ― Jǐn cǐ éryǐ. ― That is all.
Synonyms
- 云爾 (yún'ěr) (literary)
- 但定 (nā-tiāⁿ) (Min Nan)
- 定定 (Hakka)
- 爾爾/尔尔 (niā-niā) (Hokkien)
- 罷了/罢了
Dialectal synonyms of
而已 (“(sentence-final particle) just; simply”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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而已, 云爾
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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而已, 罷了
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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罷了
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Taiwan
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而已
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Malaysia
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罷了
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Singapore
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而已
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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罷了
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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啫, 咋, 之嘛
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Hong Kong
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啫, 咋, 之嘛
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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啫, 之嘛
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Taishan
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之嘛, 咋
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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之嘛, 逸, 咿
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Enping (Niujiang)
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之嘛, 咋
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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啫, 之嘛
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Hakka
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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定定
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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定定
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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定定, 定
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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忒等
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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定定
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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定
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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爾爾, 爾
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Quanzhou
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爾爾, 爾
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Zhangzhou
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爾爾, 爾
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Tainan
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爾爾
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Penang (Hokkien)
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爾
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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爾, 爾爾
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Jieyang
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定
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Derived terms
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 而已 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 而已, is an alternative spelling (archaic) of the above term.)
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