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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

岂止

qǐzhǐ

not only; far from; more than

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

not only; far from; more than

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 岂止 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 岂止 appears in 13 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

岂止夸一时而荣一乡哉?qǐ zhǐ kuā yī shí ér róng yī xiāng zāi?

No published English translation for this sentence.

这道菜岂止好吃,还营养丰富。zhè dào cài qǐ zhǐ hǎo chī, hái yíng yǎng fēng fù。

No published English translation for this sentence.

他岂止聪明,还勤奋得让人佩服。tā qǐ zhǐ cōng míng, hái qín fèn dé ràng rén pèi fú。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 岂止.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 岂止.

Directly before

  • 他岂止4
  • 电影岂止2
  • 道菜岂止1
  • 耐心岂止1
  • 旅行岂止1

Directly after

  • 岂止聪明2
  • 岂止夸1
  • 岂止乖1
  • 岂止好吃1
  • 岂止及格1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 岂止

What does 岂止 mean in Chinese?

岂止 (qǐzhǐ) means not only; far from; more than.

How do you pronounce 岂止?

岂止 is pronounced qǐzhǐ.

Is 岂止 an HSK word?

岂止 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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