豈止

Chinese

		how can it be that	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (豈止)		豈	止
simp. (岂止)		岂	止
alternative forms		豈只／岂只

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐzhǐ [Phonetic: qízhǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-chih³
  - Yale: chǐ-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiijyy
  - Palladius: цичжи (cičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    豈止 / 岂止
    起止
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hei² zi²
  - Yale: héi jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    豈止 / 岂止
    起止

Adverb

豈止

(used to ask a rhetorical question) how can it stop at (this amount); way more than; far from
反對的人豈止我一個。 [MSC, trad.]
反对的人岂止我一个。 [MSC, simp.]
Fǎnduì de rén qǐzhǐ wǒ yī gè. [Pinyin]
There are way more people, not just me, who oppose this.

Related terms

不止 (bùzhǐ)