淨係 (zing6 hai6 | jing4 xi4) : only, merely

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淨係

zing6 hai6

jing4 xi4

only; merely; just | Std. Chin.: 只是; 只有; 單是; 全是; 老是; 光是; 僅僅是 | Also written as '剩係'

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 65,600

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

淨係 / 净系

This word has been viewed 15794 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by beLIEve on 11th Sep 2004 14:49 and last edited on 4th Oct 2011 19:05

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淨 zing6 zeng6 - clean; pure; net; cleanse; always
係 hai6 - yes, it is; indeed; right; positive; to be

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有時淨係叫坦克粵
Sometimes it's shortened to "tank".
[Lit. Have-times only call "tank". [坦克 is short for 坦克車.]]

淨係你至有咩﹐我夠有咯。粵
You aren't the only one who have it; I too have it.
[夠 is used as an adverb that means "too".]

佢淨係鍾意著紅色裙,冇得解嘅。粵
She only loves to wear red dresses, which can't be explained why.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

剩係 zing6 hai6 sheng4 xi4 = only; merely 粵

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