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只好
zhǐ hǎo
have no choice but to

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What does 只好 mean?

只好 (pinyin: zhǐ hǎo) means have no choice but to. It belongs to the official HSK 4 vocabulary (upper intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 只好

It's raining, so we have no choice but to stay home.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing · Every HSK 1–4 word containing

The characters of 只好

zhǐonly, just (HSK 3)
hǎogood; well (HSK 1)

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