而已 (éryǐ) means Nothing more (that's all). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我只是随口说说 而已 。
Wǒ zhǐshì suíkǒu shuōshuo éryǐ.
I was only saying it casually, that's all.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 而已
这不过是个开始 而已 。
Zhè búguò shì ge kāishǐ éryǐ.
This is nothing more than a beginning.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 而已
这些说法只是迷信 而已 。
Zhèxiē shuōfǎ zhǐshì míxìn éryǐ.
These claims are nothing but superstition.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迷信
您过奖了，我只是尽力 而已 。
Nín guòjiǎng le, wǒ zhǐshì jìnlì éryǐ.
You flatter me; I only did my best.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过奖
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Questions about 而已
How is 而已 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 而已 (éryǐ, "Nothing more (that's all)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 而已 an HSK word?
Yes — 而已 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 而已?
The dictionary page for 而已 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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