(used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 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 ... (who ...) (Example: 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")
(used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
連詞
唯有;表示必要條件,通常同表示結果嘅「先」或者「先至」連用,成為條件句 used to mean the necessary condition, correlatively with 先or 先至;only (if); just
只有佢先做得到。
只有佢先做得到。
zi2 jau5 keoi5 sin1 zou6 dak1 dou3. Only he can do it.
只有同心協力,啲嘢先至做得好。
只有同心协力,啲嘢先至做得好。
zi2 jau5 tung4 sam1 hip3 lik6, di1 je5 sin1 zi3 zou6 dak1 hou2. Only if we work cooperatively can we do a good job.
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
conj
only; merely; just (syn.) 唯有, 孤啊
沒有最好,只有更好
没有最好,只有更好
méi yǒu zuì hǎo , zhǐ yǒu gèng hǎo There is no best, only better.
Definitions (HSK3.0)
HSK3 三级词汇表 #915
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
只有为数不多的几个电视节目值得关注。
只有為數不多的幾個電視節目值得關注。
zhǐ yǒu wéi shù bù duō de jǐ ge diàn shì jié mù zhí de guān zhù 。
Only a few TV programs are worth watching.
Mandarin
我的班不大,只有十一个学生.
我的班不大,只有十一個學生.
wǒ de bān bù dà , zhǐ yǒu shí yī gè xué sheng .
My class is not very big; there are only 11 students.
Mandarin
只有能提出新问题的回答才是有用的回答。
只有能提出新問題的回答才是有用的回答。
zhǐ yǒu néng tí chū xīn wèn tí de huí dá cái shì yǒu yòng de huí dá 。
The only useful answers are those that raise new questions.
Mandarin
只有你才做得到。
只有你才做得到。
zhǐ yǒu nǐ cái zuò dé dào 。
You're the only one who can do it.
Mandarin
只有学习才能获得知识。
只有學習才能獲得知識。
zhǐ yǒu xué xí cái néng huò dé zhī shi 。
With only love and no hatred, / thirty million people, thirty million people, / at ten times more we should still be free.
Mandarin
中午去上自习,凳子还没有坐热就开始关门了(昨天都没有关),害我没有地方去,只有来网吧小坐一下。
中午去上自習,凳子還沒有坐熱就開始關門了(昨天都沒有關),害我沒有地方去,只有來網吧小坐一下。
zhōng wǔ qù shàng zì xí , dèng zǐ hái méi yǒu zuò rè jiù kāi shǐ guān mén le ( zuó tiān dōu méi yǒu guān ) , hài wǒ méi yǒu dì fāng qù , zhǐ yǒu lái wǎng ba xiǎo zuò yī xià .
At lunchtime, I went to study my lessons, but the bench had not even gotten cold before they started to close (yesterday they did not close at all). I had no place to go. The only thing to do was to come to an internet cafe and sit for a while.
Mandarin
那个网站只有简体字的文章。
那個網站只有簡體字的文章。
nà ge wǎng zhàn zhǐ yǒu jiǎn tǐ zì de wén zhāng .
That website only has articles in simplified Chinese.