Meaning of jǐn:

jǐn

Adverb

barely; only; merely

Wǒmen dàodá zhōngdiǎn shí, bǐsài shíjiān jǐn shèng yī fēnzhōng.

我们到达终点时,比赛时间仅剩一分钟。

When we reached the finish line, there was barely one minute left in the race.

Zhè běn shū shòujià jǐn wèi shí yuán.

这本书售价仅为十元。

The price of this book is only ten yuan.

Tā jǐn huā le shí fēnzhōng jiù wánchéng le zuòyè.

他仅花了十分钟就完成了作业。

He merely took ten minutes to finish his homework.

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