祇
zhǐqí HSK2

the spirit of the earth

只 zhǐ frequency
variants 祇,衹
only adverb
only; merely; just; limited to a certain scope or amount

我只知道她告诉我的。

wǒ zhǐ zhī​dao tā gào​sù wǒ de.

I only know what she told me.

他只想让他父亲回来。

tā zhǐ xiǎng ràng tā fù​qīn huí lai.

He just wanted his dad back.

to just adverb
used to indicate that someone should simply go ahead and do something without hesitation or worry

你只需要一直问问题。

nǐ zhǐ xū​yào yī​zhí wèn wèn​tí.

You just have to keep asking questions.

but conjunction
but; however; only that
祇 qí
earth god
(bound form) a god of the earth; a spirit or deity
great
(literary) great; large; (of the mind) calm or at peace
祇 zhǐ
only
only; merely; equivalent to 只 zhǐ

Frequency
Character
Written text
5,064th most common 0.889 per million
Movie subtitles
4,893rd most common 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2167.1 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
664.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+7947

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)