Chinese symbol for “provided”
只要
zhǐ yào
so long as; provided; if
The closest CC-CEDICT match for provided is 只要 (zhǐ yào), defined as: so long as; provided; if.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 只要.
| 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 gu |
| 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 |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.