只有
Meaning
zhǐyǒu zhi3 you3
- only have ...
- there is only ...
- (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy")
- it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement")
- (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
Example sentences
- They are the only students who study Chinese.
Words sharing a character
- 只是 zhǐshì merely; only; just; nothing but
- 只要 zhǐyào if only
- 只能 zhǐnéng can only
- 只不过 zhǐbuguò only
- 只好 zhǐhǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 船只 chuánzhī ship
- 只顾 zhǐgù solely preoccupied (with one thing)
- 只得 zhǐdé to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
- 只管 zhǐguǎn solely engrossed in one thing
- 只见 zhǐjiàn to see (the same thing) over and over again