zhī

variant of 只

measure word HSK 3.0 · Band 1

Watch it being written

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

我只会说一点儿中文。

I can only speak a little Chinese.

我今天只吃了一个包子。

I only ate one bun today.