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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
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 只 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 好
The characters of 只好
| 只 | zhǐ | only, just (HSK 3) |
| 好 | hǎo | good; well (HSK 1) |
Related HSK 4 words
| 趟 | tāng | classifier for a trip/round trip |
| 道歉 | dào qiàn | to apologize |
| 亚洲 | Yà zhōu | Asia |
| 密码 | mì mǎ | password, code |
| 果然 | guǒ rán | as expected, indeed |
| 随着 | suí zhe | with; along with; as |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | lower, reduce |
| 性格 | xìng gé | personality, character |
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