只能 (zhǐnéng) means Obliged (no other choice). Below are 4 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
这种鱼 只能 生活在淡水里。
Zhè zhǒng yú zhǐ néng shēnghuó zài dànshuǐ lǐ.
This kind of fish can live only in fresh water.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 淡水
对付这种无赖 只能 讲法律。
Duìfu zhè zhǒng wúlài zhǐ néng jiǎng fǎlǜ.
With a rogue like this only the law will do.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无赖
他伤了腿， 只能 拄着东西走。
Tā shāng le tuǐ, zhǐ néng zhǔzhe dōngxi zǒu.
He hurt his leg and can only walk leaning on something.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拄
错误已经造成，现在 只能 想办法补救。
Cuòwù yǐjīng zàochéng, xiànzài zhǐ néng xiǎng bànfǎ bǔjiù.
The mistake has been made; all we can do now is find a remedy.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 补救
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How is 只能 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 只能 (zhǐnéng, "Obliged (no other choice)"), 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.
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The dictionary page for 只能 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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