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Jyutping zi2 wui5
Pinyin zhǐ huì

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    表示​得​一種後果
    will only
    • 你同我啲噉嘅人一齊,最後只會分手。
      你同我啲噉嘅人一齐,最后只会分手。
      nei5 tung4 ngo5 di1 gam2 ge3 jan4 jat1 cai4, zeoi3 hau6 zi2 wui5 fan1 sau2.
      Your getting together with a person like me will only lead to us breaking up in the end.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我们只会在那样的条件下同意。
    我們只會在那樣的條件下同意。
    wǒ men zhǐ huì zài nà yàng de tiáo jiàn xià tóng yì 。
    • We will only consent on that condition.
  2. Mandarin
    你现在说这种话,只会火上加油。
    你現在說這種話,只會火上加油。
    nǐ xiàn zài shuō zhè zhǒng huà , zhǐ huì huǒ shàng jiā yóu 。
    • For you to come out and say that kind of thing now would just be pouring oil on the fire.
  3. Mandarin
    你只会逃避生活问题。
    你只會逃避生活問題。
    nǐ zhǐ huì táo bì shēng huó wèn tí 。
    • You're just running away from life's problems.
  4. Mandarin
    他只会说英语和德语,这两种语言我都不懂。
    他只會說英語和德語,這兩種語言我都不懂。
    tā zhǐ huì shuō yīng yǔ hé dé yǔ , zhè liǎng zhǒng yǔ yán wǒ dōu bù dǒng 。
    • He speaks only English and German, neither of which I understand.
  5. Mandarin
    她什么都不做只会抱怨。
    她什麼都不做只會抱怨。
    tā shén me dōu bù zuò zhǐ huì bào yuàn 。
    • She does nothing but complain.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    唔肯让步、放低思想洁癖,只会搞到咩都做唔到。
    唔肯讓步、放低思想潔癖,只會搞到咩都做唔到。
    m4 hang2 joeng6 bou6 、 fong3 dai1 si1 soeng2 git3 pik1 , zek3 wui5 gaau2 dou3 me1 dou1 zou6 m4 dou3 。
    • An insistence on ideological purity and an unwillingness to compromise lead to an inability to get things done.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    叫鸡?我只会拣佗地!
    叫雞?我只會揀佗地!
    giu3 gai1? ngo5 zi2 wui5 gaan2 to4 dei2!
    • Hookers? I will only bang locals!
  2. Cantonese
    你噉做只会令个问题更加严重。
    你噉做只會令個問題更加嚴重。
    nei5 gam2 zou6 zi2 wui5 ling6 go3 man6 tai4 gang3 gaa1 jim4 zung6
    • The problem will be more serious if you do this.
  3. Cantonese
    你同我啲噉嘅人一齐,最后只会分手。
    你同我啲噉嘅人一齊,最後只會分手。
    nei5 tung4 ngo5 di1 gam2 ge3 jan4 jat1 cai4, zeoi3 hau6 zi2 wui5 fan1 sau2.
    • Your getting together with a person like me will only lead to us breaking up in the end.
  4. Cantonese
    煲机要校返适当音量,播返合适嘅声响,先会老化得宜,否则只会令器材受损。
    煲機要校返適當音量,播返合適嘅聲響,先會老化得宜,否則只會令器材受損。
    bou1 gei1 jiu3 gaau3 faan1 sik1 dong3 jam1 loeng6, bo3 faan1 hap6 sik1 ge3 sing1 hoeng2, sin1 wui5 lou5 faa3 dak1 ji4, fau2 zak1 zi2 wui5 ling6 hei3 coi4 sau6 syun2.
    • "Burn-in" requires playing suitable sounds at an appropriate volume for the best "maturing" effect. Otherwise the equipment will be damaged.
  5. Cantonese
    你喺呢啲屋邨仔开士多,塘水滚塘鱼,只会一世冇发达。
    你喺呢啲屋邨仔開士多,塘水滾塘魚,只會一世冇發達。
    nei5 hai2 ni1 di1 uk1 cyun1 zai2 hoi1 si6 do1, tong4 seoi2 gwan2 tong4 jyu4, zi2 wui5 jat1 sai3 mou5 faat3 daat6.
    • Since you opened a grocery store in such a small housing estate, you'll only do business with the same group of people, therefore you'll never become wealthy.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    立委陈宗义退席时还大骂国亲是“不爱台湾”、“只会捧中国的LP”,在场国民党立委朱凤芝、洪秀柱也反讥民进党“只会捧美国的LP”。
    立委陳宗義退席時還大罵國親是“不愛台灣”、“只會捧中國的LP”,在場國民黨立委朱鳳芝、洪秀柱也反譏民進黨“只會捧美國的LP”。
    lì wěi chén zōng yì tuì xí shí hái dà mà guó qīn shì “ bù ài tái wān ” , “ zhǐ huì pěng zhōng guó de LP ” , zài chǎng guó mín dǎng lì wěi zhū fèng zhī , hóng xiù zhù yě fǎn jī mín jìn dǎng “ zhǐ huì pěng měi guó de LP ” .
    • As legislator Chen Tsung-i walked out, he cursed the KMT and PFP for "not loving Taiwan," and "only knowing how to kiss China's rear end." KMT legislators Chu Feng-chih and Hung Hsiu-chu shot back that the DPP "only knows how to kiss America's rear end."
  2. Mandarin
    除此之外有时候因应某些特殊的需求,制作出简单的应用程式,应用程式可能只会执行一次,或者永远只应付一种需求,杀鸡焉用牛刀,写死来缩短开发的时间,也是一种不错的决策。
    除此之外有時候因應某些特殊的需求,製作出簡單的應用程式,應用程式可能只會執行一次,或者永遠只應付一種需求,殺雞焉用牛刀,寫死來縮短開發的時間,也是一種不錯的決策。
    chú cǐ zhī wài yǒu shí hòu yīn yìng mǒu xiē tè shū de xū qiú , zhì zuò chū jiǎn dān de yìng yòng chéng shì , yìng yòng chéng shì kě néng zhǐ huì zhí xíng yī cì , huò zhě yǒng yuǎn zhǐ yìng fù yī zhǒng xū qiú , shā jī yān yòng niú dāo , xiě sǐ lái suō duǎn kāi fā de shí jiān , yě shì yī zhǒng bù cuò de jué cè .
    • Besides this, there are times when one creates a simple application in order to meet a special requirement. Perhaps the application will only be run once, or will never doing anything else but that one task. In such cases, why use an ox cleaver to kill a chicken? In terms of shortening development time, hard coding would not be a bad strategy.