指事
zhǐ shì
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters), Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down, also known as self-explanatory character
只是
merely, simply, only, but
指示
to point out, to indicate, to instruct, directives, instructions
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只是不运行
zhǐ shì bù yùn xíng
Just don't run
我只是运气好
wǒ zhǐ shì yùn qi hǎo
I was just lucky.
他只是有点困惑
tā zhǐ shì yǒu diǎn kùn huò
He's just a little confused
我只是想看电影，而已。
wǒ zhǐ shì xiǎng kān diàn yǐng， ér yǐ。
I just want to watch a movie, that's all.
是今天早上的报纸吗
shì jīn tiān zǎo shang de bào zhǐ ma
Is this this morning's newspaper
这只是个小小的失误。
zhè zhǐ shì gè xiǎo xiǎo de shī wù。
It was just a small mistake.
哪些报纸？
nǎ xiē bào zhǐ？
Which newspapers?
我还以为今天只是下小雨
wǒ hái yǐ wéi jīn tiān zhǐ shì xià xiǎo yǔ
I thought it was just a little rain today
他翻开报纸。
tā fān kāi bào zhǐ。
He opened the newspaper.
我不看报纸
wǒ bù kàn bào zhǐ
I don't read the paper.