"Merely" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 不过 |  bù guò | only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) |   |
| 单纯 | dān chún | simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely | |
| 光 | guāng | light / ray / CL:道[dao4] / bright / only / merely / to use up | |
| 只是 | zhǐ shì | merely / simply / only / but | |
| 只不过 | zhǐ bu guò | only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ... | |
| 仅仅 | jǐn jǐn | barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) | |
| 区区 | qū qū | insignificant / trifling / merely | |
| 单单 | dān dān | only / merely / just | |
| 但 | dàn | but / yet / however / only / merely / still | |
| 仅 | jǐn | barely / only / merely | |
| 不只 | bù zhǐ | not only / not merely | |
| 不单 | bù dān | not the only / not merely / not simply | |
| 敷衍了事 | fū yǎn liǎo shì | to do things half-heartedly / to merely go through the motions | |
| 浅尝 | qiǎn cháng | to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink) / (fig.) to dabble in / to flirt with (a topic) | |
| 由表及里 | yóu biǎo jí lǐ | to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance | |
| 非独 | fēi dú | not only / not merely | |
| 颠来倒去 | diān lái dǎo qù | to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms | |
| 衹 | zhǐ | variant of 祇|只, only / merely | |
| 行百里者半九十 | xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí | lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done | |
| 秪 | zhī | only, merely | |
| 摆设 | bǎi she | ornament / decorative item / (fig.) sth that is merely for show | |
