Expressing "that's all" with "eryi"

而已 (éryǐ) comes at the end of a sentence to express that something is merely what it is. It is like saying "it's nothing more than x."

Pattern with 而已 After a Noun

Whenever you need to emphasize that something is just what it is and that's all, you can stick 而已 at the end of the sentence.

(只是 / 就是 / 才 +) Noun + 而已

You may also see it used in combination with other words like 仅仅，只，就，才 and so on.

一杯咖啡而已，不要这么感动。Yī bēi kāfēi éryǐ, bùyào zhème gǎndòng.It's just a cup of coffee, you don't need to be so moved.
“ 一千块而已 ” ？你不要说得这么容易。"Yī qiān kuài éryǐ"? nǐ bùyào shuō de zhème róngyì."Only one thousand yuan?" Don't make it sound so easy.
只是 电视剧而已，现实中可没有这样的事儿。Zhī shì diànshìjù éryǐ, xiànshí zhōng kě méiyǒu zhèyàng de shìr.It's just a TV series. There is no such thing in reality.
才一个问题而已，她就开始生气了。 Cái yī gè wèntí éryǐ, tā jiù kāishǐ shēngqì le.There was only one problem, and she started to get angry.
就是 一个吻而已，没有什么特别的意思。Jiù shì yī gè wěn éryǐ, méiyǒu shénme tèbié de yìsi.It was just a kiss. It didn't mean anything special.

Whenever you need to emphasize that something is just what it is and that's all, you can stick 而已 at the end of the sentence.

Subj. + (只是 / 就是 / 才 / 仅仅 +) Verb + Obj. + 而已

Again, words like 仅仅，只，就，才 are optional, and add more emphasis.

他 只是 开个玩笑而已，不要当真。Tā zhǐ shì kāi gè wánxiào éryǐ, bùyào dàngzhēn.He's only joking; don't take it seriously.
你才喝了一瓶啤酒而已，怎么会喝醉了呢？Nǐ cái hē le yī píng píjiǔ éryǐ, zěnme huì hē zuì le ne?You only drank one bottle of beer, h. How could you be drunk?
这次会议没有达成具体的方案，仅仅是在这个问题上达成了共识而已。Zhè cì huìyì méiyǒu dáchéng jùtǐ de fāng'àn, jǐnjǐn shì zài zhège wèntí shàng dáchéng le gòngshì éryǐ.This meeting did not produce a specific plan of action, only an agreement that there was an issue.
仅仅是打了一个电话而已，我没有帮什么忙。Jǐnjǐn shì dǎ le yī gè diànhuà éryǐ, wǒ méiyǒu bāng shénme máng.All I did was was make a phone call. I didn't help much.
这辆车没什么特别，它 就是 辆普通的汽车而已。Zhè liàng chē méi shénme tèbié, tā jiù shì liàng pǔtōng de qìchē éryǐ.This car is nothing special, it's just an ordinary car.