只是

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: zi2 si6
POJ: tsí-sǐ
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

adverb: only, merely, just
只是

Wiktionary gives this reading both an adverb sense ('only; merely; just') and a distinct conjunction sense ('however; but'), so the single best POS is genuinely ambiguous without context.

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