光是

guāngshì
  1. solely
  2. just

CEDICT

Examples

他光是嫁祸于人家。

He is just passing the blame onto others.

Source: Tatoeba

光是听那个乐团的歌就会染病。

I got a disease from listening to that band.

Source: Tatoeba

坚果是圆的，但不是光是圆的就是坚果。

Nuts are round, but not everything that's round is a nut.

The nut is round, but not everything round is a nut.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 光 guāng
  1. bright; shiny
  2. only; merely
  3. used up; finished
  4. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

classifier: 道
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì

Related entries

惟独 wéidú
  1. only
  2. solely
  3. this one alone
允 yǔn
  1. just
  2. fair
  3. to permit
  4. to allow
刚好 gānghǎo
  1. just
  2. exactly
  3. to happen to be
他刚好准时到校。

He arrived at school exactly on time.

Source: Tatoeba

正好 zhènghǎo
  1. just (in time)
  2. just right
  3. just enough
  4. to happen to
  5. to chance to
  6. by chance
  7. it just so happens that
后天正好礼拜日。

The day after tomorrow is Sunday.

Source: Tatoeba

硬是 yìngshì
  1. just
  2. simply
  3. stubbornly
  4. really
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