只zi2係hai6

English

1. only (spoken)
2. only; merely; just

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 僅僅；形容程度低、數量少、微不足道

Examples

• 我只係識少少啫。

  I only know a little.

• 我只係去過一次大陸。

  I have only been to Mainland China once.

• 呢個只係問題嘅冰山一角。

  This is just a symptom of a much bigger problem.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 資訊理論講嘅資訊熵同物理學講嘅熵係兩個唔同嘅概念，只係同名噉解。

  Information theory about information entropy and physics talk about entropy are two different concepts that have the same name.

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 五線譜太精確，表達唔到啲咁概念性嘅嘢，所以咁寫純粹係示範性質，呢個只係其中一個可能嘅和弦配置。

  The staff is too precise to express something so conceptual, so it is purely demonstrative in nature that it is written like that, which is just one possible chord configuration.

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 叉喺歐洲同近東用咗好多年，但係只係用嚟煮飯。

  Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

• 我哋亦都會變得有錢。 只係勤力同耐性噉就有少少違法。

  Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

• 上帝畀咗隻骨同個腦你，但係佢畀咗隻血你，一次只係夠流一次。

  Tatoeba CC BY