只有 in English
- 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")
Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚 -
Small seal script
有
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 13 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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人类假设我们的任务是完成只有上帝能做的事，这太自以为是了。
It's presumptuous for humans to assume that our task is to do what only God can do.
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他的人生只有一個目標：賺錢。
He has only one aim in life, to make money.
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只有为数不多的几个电视节目值得关注。
Only a few TV programs are worth watching.
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只有你一个人能做到，但你独自一个人是做不到的。
You alone can do it, but you can't do it alone.
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只有你懂我。
You're the only one who understands me.
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只有你才做得到。
You're the only one who can do it.
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只有你才可以幫我。
You're the only one who can help me.
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只有你来了，她才会来我的生日派对。
Only if you come will she come to my birthday party.