只有

只有 zhǐyǒu in a sentence

Only (only when)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 6 sentences

只有 (zhǐyǒu) means Only (only when). Below are 6 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

只有 一个问题。

Wǒ zhǐ yǒu yí gè wèntí.

I only have one question.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

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.

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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 6 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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