仅仅

• 拼音: jǐn jǐn
• 汉字拆解: 仅仅 = reduplication of 仅; 仅 = 亻(person) + 又 (again), meaning only

含义

Only; merely; no more than. An emphatic form of 仅, stressing that the quantity or extent is surprisingly small.

Stronger and more emphatic than 仅 or 只. Used when the speaker wants to highlight that something is unexpectedly limited. Can be used in both written and spoken Chinese, though it carries a slightly literary feel.

例句

1. 他仅仅花了两个小时就完成了。
2. 仅仅靠一个人是不够的。
3. 这仅仅是个开始。

用法指南

语境: emphasis, written, everyday

语气: emphatic

正确说法

• 仅仅一年，他的中文就进步了很多。(In just one year, his Chinese improved a lot.)
• 这仅仅是我个人的想法。(This is merely my personal thought.)

错误说法

• 我仅仅吃了一碗饭仅仅。(Don't put 仅仅 at the end of a sentence — it always comes before the word or phrase it modifies.)

起源与历史

Reduplication of 仅 (only). Reduplication intensifies the meaning, emphasising the surprisingly small scope.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal