仅仅

僅僅

jǐnjǐn

adverb HSK 3 #1,926

Meanings

1 only
2 merely
3 nothing more than

Characters

Reduplication of 仅 for emphasis.

Examples

他仅仅是一个学生。

Tā jǐnjǐn shì yī gè xuéshēng.

He is merely a student.

这仅仅是个开始。

Zhè jǐnjǐn shì gè kāishǐ.

This is only the beginning.

仅仅三天，他就学会了。

Jǐnjǐn sān tiān, tā jiù xuéhuì le.

In merely three days, he had learned it.

Tips

usage

仅仅 is stronger and more emphatic than 仅. It stresses that something is nothing more than what is stated.

Stroke Order

仅 jǐn