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只
隻
zhī
1. classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

只
zhī
only, merely, just
HSK 3 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

牛只
niúzhī
cow
不只
bùzhǐ
not only
只顾
zhǐgù
solely preoccupied (with one thing)
只管
zhǐguǎn
solely engrossed in one thing
只能
zhǐnéng
can only
只要
zhǐyào
if only
HSK 4
大只
dàzhī
big
只读
zhǐdú
read-only (computing)
船只
chuánzhī
ship
只好
zhǐhǎo
without any better option
HSK 4
只得
zhǐdé
to have no alternative but to
只怕
zhǐpà
I'm afraid that...
只是
zhǐshì
merely
只有
zhǐyǒu
only
HSK 3
只身
zhīshēn
alone
舰只
jiànzhī
warship
只不过
zhǐbuguò
only
只不过
zhǐbùguò
it's just that ...
只限于
zhǐxiànyú
to be limited to
三只手
sānzhīshǒu
pickpocket

Example Sentences (1)

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

Alternate Entries

只
zhǐ
only / merely / just / but
HSK 3
只
zhǐ
but / only
HSK 3
只
zhǐ
grain that has begun to ripen / variant of [[衹|只<zhǐ>]]
HSK 3
只
zhǐ
variant of [[祇|只<zhǐ>]]
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
96
Word Frequency Rank
40 of 84,292