只能
Meaning
zhǐnéng zhi3 neng2
- can only
- obliged to do sth
- to have no other choice
Example sentences
- What I'm about to say is strictly between you and me.
- I can only speak for myself.
- You cannot buy friends, you can only make friends.
- There are no taxis, so I must walk.
Words sharing a character
- 只是zhǐshìmerely; only; just; nothing but
- 只有zhǐyǒuonly have ...
- 只要zhǐyàoif only
- 只不过zhǐbuguòonly
- 只好zhǐhǎoto have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 船只chuánzhīship
- 只顾zhǐgùsolely preoccupied (with one thing)
- 只得zhǐdéto have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
- 只管zhǐguǎnsolely engrossed in one thing
- 只见zhǐjiànto see (the same thing) over and over again