Expressing "that's all" with "eryi"

Nível: HSK 5 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

而已 (éryǐ) comes at the end of a sentence to express that something is merely what it is. It is like saying "it's nothing more than x." Whenever you need to emphasize that something is just what it is and that's all, you can stick 而已 at the end of the sentence. (只是 / 就是 / 才 +) Noun + 而已 You may also see it used in combination with other words like 仅仅 ， 只 ， 就 ， 才 and so on.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 他只是开个玩笑而已，不要当真。 (tā zhǐ shì kāi gè wánxiào éryǐ，bù yào dāng zhēn 。): "He is just kidding, don't take it seriously."
• 你才喝了一瓶啤酒而已，怎么会喝醉了呢？ (nǐ cái hē le yī píng píjǐu éryǐ，zěnyāo hùi hē zùi le ní ？): "You only drank a bottle of beer, how come you are drunk?"
• 这次会议没有达成具体的方案，仅仅是在这个问题上达成了共识而已。 (zhè cì hùiyì méiyǒu dáchéng jùtǐ de fāngàn，jǐnjǐn shì zài zhè gè wèntí shàng dáchéng le gòngshì éryǐ 。): "No specific plan was reached at this meeting, only a consensus was reached on this issue."
• 这辆车没什么特别，它就是辆普通的汽车而已。 (zhè liàng chē méi shíyāo tèbié，tā jìu shì liàng pǔtōng de qìchē éryǐ 。): "This car is nothing special, it is just an ordinary car."

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