IDENTITY
只zhǐonly; measure word (zhī)
HSK 1Top 100
CORE MEANING
only; measure word (zhī)
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.onlyHSK1
- 2.measure word for animals (zhī)HSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 口mouth radical (kǒu)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱口八
- mouth (uttering)
- the two marks
USAGE
Common words
只有zhǐyǒuonly have
只好zhǐhǎoto have no choice but
一只yì zhīone (animal)
Graded examples
我只有这本书。Wǒ zhǐ yǒu zhè běn shū.HSK2
I only have this book.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
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POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A mouth (口) speaking only two (八) marks of breath — only. (From 隻/衹.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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