仅 (jǐn): barely, only, merely
仅 (jǐn) is a Chinese character meaning “barely.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 又 (structural). It ranks #494 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 仅 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- barely
- only
- merely
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 仅
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不仅仅 | bù jǐn jǐn | not only |
| 不仅如此 | bù jǐn rú cǐ | not only that, but ... |
| 绝无仅有phrase | jué wú jǐn yǒu | one and only (idiom) |
| 仅次于 | jǐn cì yú | second only to ... |
| 仅此而已 | jǐn cǐ ér yǐ | (idiom) that's all |
| 当且仅当conjunction | dāng qiě jǐn dāng | if and only if |
| 仅作参考 | jǐn zuò cān kǎo | for reference only |
| 仅供参考phrase | jǐn gōng cān kǎo | for reference only |
| 仅供 | jǐn gōng | only for |
| 硕果仅存phrase | shuò guǒ jǐn cún | only remaining of the great (idiom) |
仅 appears in 12 compound words: 50 as the first character, 8 as the last, and 42 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 仅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
这不仅仅是一个人的问题，而是整个团队的问题。
Zhè bù jǐnjǐn shì yī gè rén de wèntí, ér shì zhěng gè tuánduì de wèntí.
This is not just one person's problem, but the whole team's problem.
【早报】仅1纳米、功耗最低!北大实现芯片领域重要突...
zǎo bào jǐn 1 nà mǐ , gōng hào zuì dī ! běi dà shí xiàn xīn piàn lǐng yù chóng yāo tū . . .
【Morning Post】Only 1 nanometer, the lowest power consumption! Peking University has achieved an important breakthrough in the field of chips...
退休仅存20万 大叔靠这2招10年后抱千万
tuì xiū jǐn cún wàn dà shū kào zhè zhāo nián hòu bào qiān wàn
Retiring with just 200,000 yuan, this man used two strategies to amass 10 million yuan in a decade.
台湾练习赛输韩职5分 2正选投手仅1责失
tái wān liàn xí sài shū hán zhí 5 fēn 2 zhèng xuǎn tóu shǒu jǐn 1 zé shī
Taiwan lost 5 points to the Korean professional league in the practice game, and 2 regular pitchers only 1 error
美国向联合国支付1.6亿美元部分欠款,仅为其约20..
měi guó xiàng lián gě guó zhī fù . yì měi yuán bù fēn qiàn kuǎn , jǐn wéi qí yuē . .
The United States has paid $160 million in partial arrears to the United Nations, representing only about 20% of its total outstanding obligations.
8名中国游客在贝加尔湖落水,目前仅1人获救
míng zhōng guó yóu kè zài bèi jiā ěr hú luò shuǐ , mù qián jǐn rén huò jiù
Eight Chinese tourists fell into Lake Baikal, with only one rescued so far.
“酒水免费吗？”“仅女士而已。”
"Jiǔshuǐ miǎnfèi ma?" "Jǐn nǚshì éryǐ."
"Are the drinks free?" "Only for ladies."
仅三分之一的成员出席了会议。
Jǐn sān fēn zhī yī de chéngyuán chūxí le huìyì.
Only one third of the members turned up at the meeting.
他不仅仅是一国之君。
Tā bù jǐnjǐn shì yī guó zhī jūn.
He was more than a king.
劳动不仅是一种需要，而还是一种愉快。
Láodòng bù jǐn shì yīzhǒng xūyào, ér háishi yīzhǒng yúkuài.
Labor is not merely a necessity but a pleasure.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (person) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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