zhǐ​bu​guò HSK5

merely

只不过 (只不過) zhǐ​bu​guò
merely adverb
only; nothing but; no more than

只不过职责

zhǐ​bu​guò shì zài jìn de zhí​zé.

I am merely doing my duty.

just that adverb
used to introduce a qualifying statement or minor reservation

聪明只不过有点

hěn cōng​ming, zhǐ​bu​guò yǒu​diǎn lǎn.

He is very smart, only a bit lazy.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
72.2 per million appears in 25% of films
Written text
31.0 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 5

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT