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只
zhǐ
1. only
2. merely
3. just
4. but
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 (2)

没事，我只喝一杯。
Méishì, wǒ zhǐ hē yì bēi.
It's okay, I'll just have one glass.
Text 4
好呀，今天晚上只吃水果不吃饭！
hǎo ya, jīntiān wǎnshang zhǐ chī shuǐguǒ bù chī fàn!
Okay, tonight I'll only eat fruit and not eat dinner!
Text 3

Alternate Entries

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
只
zhī
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3

Metadata

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