只 — Chinese character
只
zhī
only, merely, just
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 口 八
- Formation
- ideographic — Simple words 八 coming from the mouth 口
- Traditional
- 戠 衹 隻
- Japanese
- 只 as a kanji
Common words with 只
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 只是 | zhǐ shì | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng guò zhì liáo cái néng |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | so long as; provided; if |
| 只能 | zhǐ néng | can only; obliged to do sth |
| 只不过 (只不過) | zhǐ bu guò | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... |
| 只好 | zhǐ hǎo | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to |
| 船只 (船隻) | chuán zhī | ship; boat |
| 只得 | zhǐ dé | to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to |
| 只见 (只見) | zhǐ jiàn | to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) |
| 只顾 (只顧) | zhǐ gù | to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with |
| 只管 | zhǐ guǎn | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) |
| 只怕 | zhǐ pà | I'm afraid that...; perhaps |
English words written with 只
只 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1 · Great Learning 1
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