Word information
Simplified船只
Traditional船隻
Pinyinchuánzhī
Part of speech名
HSK 3.06
HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 船只
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只zhī
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc; grain that has begun to ripen; variant of 隻|只[zhi1]
船chuánboat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]; variant of 船[chuan2]
只能zhǐnéngcan only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
只是zhǐshìmerely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
只要zhǐyàoso long as; provided; if
只有zhǐyǒuonly have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 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 (someone) who ... (as in 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 express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")