只有
Meaning
- only have ...; there is only ...
- (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy")
- it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement")
Example sentence
只有你懂我。
You're the only one who understands me.
Characters in 只有
Learned around the same time
- 值 zhí value
- 值得 zhí de worth the money
- 职工 zhí gōng employee; staff member; worker
- 职业 zhí yè occupation; profession; vocation
- 只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but
- 指 zhǐ finger
- 指出 zhǐ chū to indicate
- 指导 zhǐ dǎo to guide; to direct; to instruct
- 至今 zhì jīn so far
- 至少 zhì shǎo at least
- 志愿 zhì yuàn aspiration