只有 - Mandarin word #212

只有

zhǐyǒu

Traditional: 只有

HSK 3

#212 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

only, just, the only one

Stroke order

只

有

。

Only you can help me.

。

There is only me here.

。

There is only one way.

。

Only he knows the answer.

练liàn习xí步bù。

Only through practice can one improve.

只有 (zhǐ yǒu) means only, just, the only one. It is used as a adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.

才

only then, just, merely

更

even more, still more

就

then, just, exactly, as soon as

一

one, a single

最

most, -est (superlative)

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 5.