只要
Meaning
zhǐyào zhi3 yao4
- if only
- so long as
Example sentences
- All you have to do is say the word, and I'll leave.
- All you have to do is sit here.
- As long as there's no meat, anything is fine.
- Let's go as soon as it stops raining.
Words sharing a character
- 只是zhǐshìmerely; only; just; nothing but
- 只有zhǐyǒuonly have ...
- 只能zhǐnéngcan 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