只有 (zhǐyǒu) means Only (only when). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
房间里 只有 他一个人。
Fángjiān lǐ zhǐyǒu tā yí gè rén.
He is the only one in the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 只有
只有 努力才能提高水平。
Zhǐyǒu nǔlì cái néng tígāo shuǐpíng.
Only through hard work can you improve.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 只有
报名的时间 只有 三天。
Bàomíng de shíjiān zhǐ yǒu sān tiān.
The registration period is only three days.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 报名
我家离超市 只有 三百米。
Wǒ jiā lí chāoshì zhǐyǒu sānbǎi mǐ.
My home is only three hundred metres from the supermarket.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 米
今年的名额 只有 二十个。
Jīnnián de míng'é zhǐ yǒu èrshí ge.
There are only twenty places this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 名额
只有 肯钻研才能有突破。
Zhǐyǒu kěn zuānyán cái néng yǒu tūpò.
Only by digging deep can one achieve a breakthrough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻研
哪怕 只有 一点希望也要努力。
Nǎpà zhǐ yǒu yìdiǎn xīwàng yě yào nǔlì.
Even if there is only a little hope, you must try.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 哪怕
只有 加强管理才能杜绝这种现象。
Zhǐyǒu jiāqiáng guǎnlǐ cái néng dùjué zhè zhǒng xiànxiàng.
Only tighter management can stamp this out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 杜绝
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From the graded readers
新工作的收入 只有 原来的一半。
xīn gōngzuò de / dì shōurù zhǐyǒu yuánlái de / dì yībàn.
The new job paid half what the old one had.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
她的行李 只有 一个箱子和一个包。
tā de / dì xíngli zhǐyǒu yīgè xiāngzi hé yīgè bāo.
Her luggage was one suitcase and one bag.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
Questions about 只有
How is 只有 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 只有 (zhǐyǒu, "Only (only when)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 只有 an HSK word?
Yes — 只有 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 只有?
The dictionary page for 只有 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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