何止
hézhǐ
far more than; not merely
Characters in this word
止 zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这场改革影响的何止一个行业，连地方治理方式也被迫调整。 Zhè chǎng gǎigé yǐngxiǎng de hézhǐ yí gè hángyè, lián dìfāng zhìlǐ fāngshì yě bèipò tiáozhěng. This reform affects far more than one industry; even local governance methods have been forced to adjust.
- 这家小店一天何止卖一百份早餐，生意好极了。 Zhè jiā xiǎo diàn yì tiān hézhǐ mài yì bǎi fèn zǎocān, shēngyi hǎo jí le. This little shop sells far more than a hundred breakfasts a day; business is excellent.
- 他会的何止两三种乐器，几乎样样都会。 Tā huì de hézhǐ liǎng sān zhǒng yuèqì, jīhū yàngyàng dōu huì. He can play far more than two or three instruments; he can do almost every one.
Related words
- 任何 rènhé any
- 如何 rúhé how
- 为何 wèihé why, for what reason
- 何 hé what; which; why (formal)
- 何必 hébì why bother; why must; there is no need to
- 何等 héděng what kind of; how; what a
- 何苦 hékǔ why bother; why make things hard for oneself
- 何况 hékuàng let alone; moreover
- 无可奈何 wúkěnàihé helpless; having no alternative
- 无论如何 wúlùnrúhé in any case; no matter what
- 防止 fángzhǐ to prevent
- 停止 tíngzhǐ to stop