ONLY    只不過唯

THIS THING OR ACTION AND ALL OTHERS NOT.
AT MOSTAT BEST(ONLY) JUSTNO/NOT MORE THANBARELYSCARCELYHARDLYNARROWLYEXCLUSIVELYSOLELYTO THE EXCLUSION OF EVERYTHING ELSEMERELYSIMPLYJUST
Modern Chinese Criteria
罷了 / 而已 只 單 獨 光 止 就 僅 但 才 徒 特 惟 單單 僅僅 不過 偏偏 惟獨 單獨 獨自 唯有 只有 只是 無非 單純 is "purely, merely". 只不過 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING
See also
  • ALONEBE ONLY ONE AND NOT TOGETHER WITH OTHERS.  
Hypernym
  • THIS　The NEAR OBJECT. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • NEAR　RELATION of being at a SMALL DISTANCE of SPACE OR TIME IN-RELATION-TO something. (anc: 5/0, child: 2)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 931

    維，唯，惟

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 356

  • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 24

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 559

    • Words (35 items)

    惟  wéi OC: k-lul MC: ji
    唯  wéi OC: k-lul MC: ji 41 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padVonly [etymologically vadV]
    • v[0]+N.+N{PRED}it is only N that is the N{PRED}CH
    • vt+N{OBJ}:+npro.+Vtto V only NLZ
    • vt+N{SUBJ}.+V{PRED}only N V-sCH
    • vt+N{SUBJ}.+為+V{PRED}only N Vs
    • vtoNcopulato be; to be only (the object in question)
    唯  wéi OC: k-lul MC: ji 27 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNrestrictiveonly (the N)
    • vadVobjectonly the object(s)
    • vadVreference=objectonly VERB
    • vt+Nbe only N; be only a matter of N; be only by N
    • vt0oN{SUBJ}.+V{PRED}only N Vs
    • vtoN.adVcopularestrictive copula: be only, it is only N (who Vs)
    • vttoN.+V[0]copulait is only the N who do the contextually determinate Ving3
    獨  dú OC: dooɡ MC: duk 25 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • vadN.adVonly N V-s
    • vadVobjectonly the object
    • vadVsubjectonly in this case; as the only one, as the only subject of the V
    • vtoNhave only (one quality etc)
    耳  ěr OC: mljɯʔ MC: ȵɨ 24 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ppostadSand that is all, contraction of 而已 (quantifies over only the subject, sometimes the whole sentence preceding it, rarely only the object, rarely the whole verb phrase, and also rarely the main verb only. 阿almost never, apparently, the object in the VP only. 
    • ppostadSonly the objectCH
    而已  ér yǐ OC: njɯ k-lɯʔ MC: ȵɨ jɨ 21 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPi.postN{PRED}be only the N and nothing else/no others, and that is all; and that is the whole point
    • VPi[0]postadSand that is all
    • VPi[0]postadVto only VLZ
    徒  tú OC: daa MC: duo̝ 20 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • padNonly (deverbal?)
    • padNfigurative pointlessCH
    • padVrestrictiveonly; just; merely　(negated as 非徒 rarely 不徒)
    • padVtoNreference=objectonly the objectCH
    特  tè OC: ɡ-lɯɯɡ MC: dək 19 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNP{PRED}only be the NP
    • vadVonly, simply
    但  dàn OC: daanʔ MC: dɑn 18 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • pad.VtoNreference=objectonly the objectCH
    • padN.adVonly the N V-s
    • padVHan dynasty: only, just
    • padVreference=objectonly (the object)
    • padVreference=subjectonly the (preceding) subject
    而已矣  ér yǐ yǐ OC: njɯ k-lɯʔ ɢɯʔ MC: ȵɨ jɨ ɦɨ 12 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPi[0]postadN{PRED}.postadSbe only N
    • VPi[0]postadS..., and that is all. [Note the immensely complex problems of scope of this phrase.]
    其唯  qí wéi MC: gi ywij OC: ɡɯ k-lul 12 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt N{SUBJECT}(presumably) only N is a case in point, only N is like thisCH
    祇  qí OC: ɡe MC: giɛ 12 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padSit is only that..., just S
    • padVonly
    • padV.adSsimply
    • padVobjectonly (the object)
    專  zhuān OC: tjon MC: tɕiɛn 9 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 任/RELY ON Rén 任 typically refers to reliance on someone inferior in the context of public administration.

      Syntactic words
    • vad.VtoNscope: objectonly the objects
    • vadN{PRED}(before predicates) be only a matter of
    爾  ěr OC: mljelʔ MC: ȵiɛ 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vpostadSand that is all! 而已
    直  zhí OC: dɯɡ MC: ɖɨk 9 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • vadVonly; the only thing to do was
    一  yī MC: 'jit OC: qliɡ 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]ad.VtoNrestrictive object quantifieras the only object 一成純　“achieves only purity"CH
    • vadNthe one and only, only NCH
    • vadVonlyCH
    僅  jǐn OC: ɡrɯns MC: gin 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padVonly; only just; barely; by the skin of one's teeth
    只  zhǐ OC: kljeʔ MC: tɕiɛ 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padVonly, exclusively
    唯  wéi 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt0oN{OBJ}.+V{PRED}it is only N that the subject V-sLZ
    不過  bù guò OC: pɯʔ klools MC: pi̯ut kʷɑ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVonly, just
    • VPtoNnot exceed N, be only N in size/amount etc.CH
    乃  nǎi OC: nɯɯʔ MC: nəi 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • pad.vt+N
    • padV
    • padV.postN{SUBJ}only N V-s
    始  shǐ OC: lʰɯʔ MC: ɕɨ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadV.postN{SUBJ}only N V-s
    啻  chì OC: qljeɡs MC: ɕiɛ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padVonly
    維  wéi OC: k-lul MC: ji 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbe only a case ofCH
    • vtoN.adVt維后稷轂用蒸"sacrifice to the ancestors only/exactly by the use of Hou Ji's grain": Vt only/exactly by the use of NCH
    但知  dàn zhī OC: daanʔ te MC: dɑn ʈiɛ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadVonly, merely, simply, just
    非特  fēi tè MC: pj+j dok OC: pɯl ɡ-lɯɯɡ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadVnot only; not simply, not justLZ
    空  kōng OC: khooŋ MC: khuŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vad.VtoNreference=objectonly the object (without anything else)
    只是  zhǐ shì OC: kljeʔ ɡljeʔ MC: tɕiɛ dʑiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPadVonly
    適  shì OC: qljeɡ MC: ɕiɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • padN{PRED}not only be as many as N
    然後  rán hòu MC: nyen huwH OC: njen ɡoos 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPadV.postN{SUBJ}it is only N that V-sLZ
    止  zhǐ OC: kljɯʔ MC: tɕɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadVreference=objectonly the object
    祗  zhī OC: tjil MC: tɕi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • padVonly
    純  chún OC: djun MC: dʑʷin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadVonly, no more than
    翅  chì MC: syeH OC: qhjes 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • padV=啻 onlyCH
    偏  piān OC: phen MC: phiɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vad.VtoNobjectquantifier only some of the objects
    多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padVonly ？？？？(commentary: 邢昺：古人多，只同音