只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (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") syn 除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless syn 约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 仅仅 僅僅 jǐn jǐn barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) syn 不光 bù guāng not the only one / not only syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique syn 仅次于 僅次于 jǐn cì yú second only to ... / ranking behind only ... syn 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 临阵磨枪 臨陣磨槍 lín zhèn mó qiāng lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal syn 换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàn tāng bù huàn yào different broth but the same old medicine (idiom) / a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance syn 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 孟子 mèng zǐ Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism 只消 zhǐ xiāo to only need / it only takes 不二法门 不二法門 bù èr fǎ mén the one and only way / the only proper course to take syn 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 呗 唄 bei modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way syn 名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name syn 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 但 dàn but / yet / however / still / merely / only / just syn 才 纔 cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only syn 就是 jiù shì exactly / precisely / only / simply / just / (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even / even if syn 当然 當然 dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt syn 不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn 只是 zhǐ shì merely / only / just / nothing but / simply / but / however syn 而且 ér qiě (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore syn 唯一 wéi yī only / sole syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 光 guāng light / ray (CL:道[dao4]) / bright / shiny / only / merely / used up / finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered syn 只能 zhǐ néng can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice syn 单 單 dān bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 不仅 不僅 bù jǐn not just / not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) syn 但愿 但願 dàn yuàn if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that) syn 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) 不但 bù dàn not only (... but also ...) syn 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 迷糊 mí hu muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious syn 始 shǐ to begin / to start / then / only then syn 单单 單單 dān dān only / merely / just syn 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 不只 bù zhǐ not only / not merely syn 不单 不單 bù dān not the only / not merely / not simply syn 只顾 只顧 zhǐ gù to focus solely on / to pay attention only to / to be preoccupied with syn 唯有 wéi yǒu only syn 无非 無非 wú fēi only / nothing else syn 单一 單一 dān yī single / only / sole syn 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 独生子 獨生子 dú shēng zǐ a son who is an only child syn 必经 必經 bì jīng unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc) 热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn 独生女 獨生女 dú shēng nǚ a daughter who is an only child syn 点缀 點綴 diǎn zhuì to decorate / to adorn / sprinkled / studded / only for show syn 绝无仅有 絕無僅有 jué wú jǐn yǒu one and only (idiom) / rarely seen / unique of its kind syn 独子 獨子 dú zǐ a son who is an only child syn 咎由自取 jiù yóu zì qǔ (idiom) to have only oneself to blame / to bring trouble through one's own actions syn 独有 獨有 dú yǒu to own exclusively / unique to / specific / there is only 顺理成章 順理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text) syn 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn 次于 次於 cì yú second after / second only to syn 急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì seeking instant benefit (idiom) / shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return syn 大同小异 大同小異 dà tóng xiǎo yì virtually the same / differing only on small points syn 岂止 豈止 qǐ zhǐ not only / far from / more than syn 非但 fēi dàn not only syn 望尘莫及 望塵莫及 wàng chén mò jí lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior syn 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 毛毛雨 máo mao yǔ drizzle / light rain / (fig.) mere trifle / sth that has only a weak effect syn 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck syn 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 惟独 惟獨 wéi dú only / solely / this one alone syn 治标 治標 zhì biāo to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause 独生子女 獨生子女 dú shēng zǐ nǚ an only child syn 洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3] 家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched syn 浅尝辄止 淺嚐輒止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom) / fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop syn 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 无独有偶 無獨有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case syn 百年不遇 bǎi nián bù yù only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) syn 因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) syn 裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription 永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3] 清茶 qīng chá green tea / only tea (without food) 一枝独秀 一枝獨秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding syn 年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1] 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn 