merely in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 只是 with this easy mnemonic:

I only (只) spent 10 dollars on her birthday gift, and she is (是) already freaking out. I merely got her a flower bouquet, is that too much?

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 只
• 是

• 也就是说
• 老是
• 只要
• 算是
• 还是
• 只是
• 只好
• 或是
• 只能
• 正是
• 总是
• 要是
• 但是
• 可是
• 只不过
• 于是

The reading of 只是 is zhǐ shì.

You can remember how to say 只是 with this useful mnemonic:

The (zhǐ) perfect gift would've been one rose, not a bouquet, she (shì) has good reason to be surprised.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like merely and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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