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只
秖
zhǐ
1. grain that has begun to ripen
2. variant of [[衹|只<zhǐ>]]
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

只
zhī
only, merely, just
HSK 3 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

不只
bùzhǐ
not only
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
只管
zhǐguǎn
solely engrossed in one thing
只能
zhǐnéng
can only
只要
zhǐyào
if only
HSK 4
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 ...

Alternate Entries

只
zhǐ
only / merely / just / but
HSK 3
只
zhǐ
but / only
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

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