# 而已
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): éryǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^4$ ji$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lî-í / jî-í
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: éryǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: éryǐ
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^2$-i$^3$
*** Yale: ér-yǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlyii
*** Palladius: эри (eri)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^4$ ji$^5$
*** Yale: yìh yíh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^4$ ji$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^4$ yi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²¹ jiː¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-í
*** Tâi-lô: lî-í
*** Phofsit Daibuun: li'ie
*** IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-í
*** Tâi-lô: jî-í
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ji'ie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/
*** IPA (Yilan): /d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: nyi yiX|yiH
Rime :
| Character | 而 | 已 | 已 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 以 (36) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 之 (19) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 如之切 | 羊己切 | 羊吏切 |
| Baxter | nyi | yiX | yiH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨ/ | /jɨ$^X$/ | /jɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵɨ/ | /jɨ$^X$/ | /jɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑie/ | /ie$^X$/ | /ie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵɨ/ | /jɨ$^X$/ | /jɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiə/ | /iə$^X$/ | /iə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭə/ | /jĭə$^X$/ | /jĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi/ | /i$^X$/ | /i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ér | yǐ | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^4$ | ji$^5$ | ji$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*nə ɢ(r)əʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*njɯ lɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 而 | 已 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ér | yǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyi › | ‹ yi$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*nə/ | /*ɢ(r)əʔ/ |
| English | and, but | cease; already |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 而 | 已 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 2720 | 14924 |
| Phonetic component | 而 | 已 |
| Rime group | 之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 而 | 以 |
| Old Chinese | /*njɯ/ | /*lɯʔ/ |
| Notes | | 巳轉註字 |

### Particle

而已
* (at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more; is all
    混混日子而已 ― hùnhùn rìzi éryǐ ― to just drift through life
       Rúcǐ éryǐ, qǐ yǒu tā zāi! [Pinyin]
       That's all there is to it!
    僅此而已。／仅此而已。 ― Jǐn cǐ éryǐ. ― That is all.

#### Synonyms

* 云爾 (yún'ěr) (literary)
* 但定 (nā-tiāⁿ) (Min Nan)
* 定定 (Hakka)
* 爾爾 / 尔尔 (niā-niā) (Hokkien)
* 罷了 / 罢了
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 而已, 云爾 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 而已, 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 而已 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 而已 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 罷了 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啫, 咋, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啫, 咋, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 啫, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 之嘛, 咋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 之嘛, 逸, 咿 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 之嘛, 咋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啫, 之嘛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 定定, 定 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 忒等 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 定 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 爾爾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 爾 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 爾, 爾爾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 定 |

#### Derived terms

* 僅此而已 / 仅此而已

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 而 | 已 |
| のみ ||
| Jinmeiyō | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 而已 – see the following entry. :
| 【のみ】 | [particle] only, limited to [adverb] alone [adverb] merely Alternative spellings 已, 耳 |
(This term, 而已, is an alternative spelling (archaic) of the above term.) :