只能
Meaning
zhǐnéng zhi3 neng2
- can only
- obliged to do sth
- to have no other choice
Example sentences
- I can only speak for myself.
- You cannot buy friends, you can only make friends.
Words sharing a character
- 只是 zhǐshì merely; only; just; nothing but
- 只有 zhǐyǒu only have ...
- 只要 zhǐyào if 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