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只有

zhǐ yǒu 3–3 → 2–3

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")

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
只 · 有
Syllables
2
zhǐ yǒu
Frequency
Very common
corpus count 374

Part of speech: c,d,v

Character by character

  • 只zhǐ5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 戠only, just, simply
  • 有yǒu6 strokesHSK 1have, own, possess; exist

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 只有. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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