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只
隻
zhī
1.
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不只
bùzhǐ
not only
只好
zhǐhǎo
without any better option
只得
zhǐdé
to have no alternative but to
只怕
zhǐpà
I'm afraid that...
只是
zhǐshì
merely
只有
zhǐyǒu
only
只管
zhǐguǎn
solely engrossed in one thing
只能
zhǐnéng
can only
只要
zhǐyào
if only
只读
zhǐdú
read-only (computing)
只顾
zhǐgù
solely preoccupied (with one thing)
大只
dàzhī
big
牛只
niúzhī
cow
船只
chuánzhī
ship
舰只
jiànzhī
warship
只身
zhīshēn
alone
三只手
sānzhīshǒu
pickpocket
只不过
zhǐbuguò
only
只限于
zhǐxiànyú
to be limited to
只不过
zhǐbùguò
it's just that ...
Example Sentences (8)
你的这只大黑狗毛真漂亮，而且这么聪明，每次见了都想抱一抱它。
Nǐ de zhè zhī dà hēi gǒu máo zhēn piàoliang, érqiě zhème cōngmíng, měicì jiàn le dōu xiǎng bào yí bào tā.
Your big black dog's fur is really beautiful, and it's so smart. Every time I see it, I want to give it a hug.
Text 2
妈妈，你看那只狗多可爱，眼睛大大的，嘴小小的，我们买回去吧。
Māma, nǐ kàn nà zhī gǒu duō kě'ài, yǎnjing dà dà de, zuǐ xiǎo xiǎo de, wǒmen mǎi huíqù ba.
Mom, look how cute that dog is. Its eyes are big and its mouth is small. Let's buy it and take it home.
Text 2
听你这么一说，我现在也想养一只狗了。每次你让它干什么，它就像能听懂你的话一样去做。你教它是不是用了什么特别的方法？
Tīng nǐ zhème yì shuō, wǒ xiànzài yě xiǎng yǎng yì zhī gǒu le. Měicì nǐ ràng tā gàn shénme, tā jiù xiàng néng tīngdǒng nǐ de huà yíyàng qù zuò. Nǐ jiāo tā shì bú shì yòng le shénme tèbié de fāngfǎ?
Hearing you say that, I now also want to get a dog. Every time you tell it to do something, it does it as if it can understand what you say. Did you use some special method to teach it?
Text 2
不过，它们数量不多，现在全世界一共才有一千多只吧。
Bùguò, tāmen shùliàng bù duō, xiànzài quán shìjiè yígòng cái yǒu yìqiān duō zhī ba.
But there aren’t many of them; right now there are only a little over a thousand worldwide in total, I guess.
Text 3
一个人只有两只手，不可能得到所有想要的东西，所以有时候放弃是一种聪明的选择。
Yí gè rén zhǐyǒu liǎng zhī shǒu, bù kěnéng dédào suǒyǒu xiǎngyào de dōngxī, suǒyǐ yǒushíhòu fàngqì shì yì zhǒng cōngmíng de xuǎnzé.
A person only has two hands; it’s impossible to get everything you want, so sometimes giving up is a smart choice.
Text 3
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 96
- Word Frequency Rank
- 40 of 84,292