仅仅

Meaning(adverb)

barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)

Examples

• 他仅仅用了一年就学会了中文。

  tā jǐn jǐn yòng le yì nián jiù xué huì le zhōng wén.

  It took him only a year to learn Chinese.

• 这仅仅是开始。

  zhè jǐn jǐn shì kāi shǐ.

  This is only the beginning.

• 我仅仅是想帮你。

  wǒ jǐn jǐn shì xiǎng bāng nǐ.

  I only wanted to help you.

Easily confused

• 只 — 仅仅 is more emphatic and slightly formal than 只; often with 而已 or 不仅仅…….

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