Chinese Word: 只 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

只 (Trad.: 隻)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 3

Total strokes: 5; Radical: 口

Ideographic:Simple words 八 coming from the mouth 口

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 八 [ bā ] eight; all around, all sides

Similar Characters: 贝

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Pinyin: zhǐ

English Definition:only; merely; just; but

Example Words:

只有HSK 3	zhǐ yǒu	only
只要HSK 4	zhǐ yào	if only; so long as
只是HSK 3	zhǐ shì	merely; simply; only; but
只好HSK 4	zhǐ hǎo	without any better option; to have to; to be forced to
只得HSK 4	zhǐ dé	to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to

Pinyin: zhī

English Definition:classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

Chinese Definition:
①量词：一只鸡。
②单独的，极少的：只身。片纸只字。

Example Words:

船只HSK 3	chuán zhī	ship; boat; vessel
只身	zhī shēn	alone; by oneself
只字不提HSK 4	zhī zì bù tí	not to mention (idiom); to say not one word; fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor
舰只	jiàn zhī	warship
片言只语	piàn yán zhī yǔ	extremely brief (idiom)

1		wǒ yǒu 我有 liǎng zhǐ shǒu 两只手。 I have two hands.
2		wǒ yǒu 我有 yī zhǐ māo 一只猫。 I have a cat.
3		nà 那 shì 是 yī zhǐ 一只 gǒu 狗。 That is a dog.
4		wǒ 我 zhǐ yǒu 只有 yī zhī bǐ 一支笔。 I only have one pen.
5		yòu bian 右边 yǒu 有 yī zhǐ māo 一只猫。 There is a cat on the right.

1		wǒ yǒu 我有 liǎng zhǐ shǒu 两只手。 I have two hands.
2		wǒ yǒu 我有 yī zhǐ māo 一只猫。 I have a cat.
3		nà 那 shì 是 yī zhǐ 一只 gǒu 狗。 That is a dog.
4		wǒ 我 zhǐ yǒu 只有 yī zhī bǐ 一支笔。 I only have one pen.
5		yòu bian 右边 yǒu 有 yī zhǐ māo 一只猫。 There is a cat on the right.