仅

僅

jǐn

adverb HSK 3 #1,659

Meanings

Contains 亻(person) — emphasizes limitation, as if only one person.

Zhè jiàn shì jǐn tā yī gè rén zhīdào.

Only he alone knows about this matter.

Jǐn zhè yī cì, xià bù wéi lì.

Only this once; don't let it happen again.

Jùlí kǎoshì jǐn shèng sān tiān.

There are merely three days left until the exam.

usage

仅 is more formal and literary than 只 (zhǐ). In everyday speech, 只 is more common. 仅 appears more often in writing and formal contexts.

仅 jǐn