只 - zhǐ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth)

只能

zhǐ néng

can only; obliged to do (something); to have no other choice

只要

zhǐ yào

as long as; provided; if only; if; so long as

只讀

zhǐ dú

read-only (computing)

只顧

zhǐ gù

solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect

只不過

zhǐ bu guò

only; merely; nothing but; no more than

to be limited to

see 只爭朝夕

to be all talk and no action

只見樹木不見森林

zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín

unable to see the wood for the trees; (fig.) only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture

Idioms (3)

只爭朝夕

zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī

to seize every minute (idiom); to make the best use of one's time

只欠東風

zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

只言片語

zhǐ yán piàn yǔ

just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases

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