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只好 zhǐhǎo

只好 zhǐhǎo Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 只好 zhǐhǎo .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǐhǎo | zhi3 hao3
English translation
without any better option
to have to
to be forced to

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HSK level

4

Traditional form

只好 zhǐhǎo

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 只好 zhǐhǎo

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 只好 zhǐhǎo .

只 zhǐ

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear. In simplified Chinese 只 zhǐ is also used to mean "[measure word]", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 隻 zhī .

Positional decomposition

⿱口八

Number of Strokes

5
好 hǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

It is good (好 hǎo ) for a woman (女 nǚ ) and her child (子 zǐ ) to be together.

Positional decomposition

⿰女子 nǚ zǐ

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 只好 zhǐhǎo

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他 tā 只好 zhǐhǎo 靠着教 Jiào 夜校 yè xiào 的 de 收入 shōurù 将 jiāng 就 jiù 度日 dù rì .

He will have made do with his take from the night school.

围攻 wéi gōng 者 zhě 使 shǐ 守军 shǒu jūn 饿 è 得 dé 只好 zhǐhǎo 投降 tóuxiáng .

The besiegers hungered the garrison into surrender.

我 wǒ 只好 zhǐhǎo 出 chū 二十 èr shí 元 Yuán 把 bǎ 自行车 zìxíngchē 修 Xiū 了 le .

I had to fork out 20 dollars to have the bike repaired.

为了 wèile 到达 dàodá 下 xià 一站我们 wǒmen 只好 zhǐhǎo 涉水过 Guò 溪 xī .

We to across the creek to get to the next stop.

我 wǒ 只好 zhǐhǎo 求助 qiú zhù 于我的 de 朋友 péngyou 安东尼奥, 一 yī 位 wèi 威尼斯 Wēi ní sī 商人 shāng rén .

I had to turn to my friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice.

只好 zhǐhǎo Decomposition

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只好 zhǐhǎo Compounds

See all 21 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 只好 zhǐhǎo in their composition.

  • 只 zhǐ
    • 识 shí , 职 zhí , 织 zhī , 积 jī , 帜 zhì , 咫 zhǐ , 炽 chì , 嘦 jiào , 枳 zhǐ , 胑 zhī , 轵 zhǐ , 齞 niàn , 伿, 呮, 怾, 抧, 疻, 軹, 鉙
  • 好 hǎo
    • 孬 nāo , 恏 hào
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