豈止

豈止

Chinese

		how can it be that	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (豈止)		豈	止
simp. (岂止)		岂	止
variant forms		豈只／岂只

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: qǐzhǐ [Phonetic: qízhǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄓˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiijyy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 豈止／岂止 起止

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: hei² zi²
    • Yale: héi jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 豈止／岂止 起止

Adverb

豈止

1. (used to ask a rhetorical question) how can it stop at (this amount); way more than; far from

   反對的人豈止我一個。 [MSC, trad.]
   反对的人岂止我一个。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fǎnduì de rén qǐzhǐ wǒ yī gè. [Pinyin]

   There are way more people, not just me, who oppose this.

Related terms

• 不止 (bùzhǐ)