只
zhǐzhīqí HSK2

only

只 zhǐ frequency
variants 祇,衹
only adverb
only; merely; just; limited to a certain scope or amount

我只知道她告诉我的。

wǒ zhǐ zhī​dao tā gào​sù wǒ de.

I only know what she told me.

他只想让他父亲回来。

tā zhǐ xiǎng ràng tā fù​qīn huí lai.

He just wanted his dad back.

to just adverb
used to indicate that someone should simply go ahead and do something without hesitation or worry

你只需要一直问问题。

nǐ zhǐ xū​yào yī​zhí wèn wèn​tí.

You just have to keep asking questions.

but conjunction
but; however; only that
只 隻 zhī
[classifier] measure word
Used for birds, certain animals, boats, containers, and one of a pair (such as hands, eyes, or socks)

他给自己买了一只狗。

tā gěi zì​jǐ mǎi le yī zhī gǒu.

He bought himself a dog.

一只眼睛没有受到影响。

yī zhī yǎn​jing méi​yǒu shòu dào yǐng​xiǎng.

One eye was unaffected.

single
(bound form) single; solitary; used in phrases referring to a single word or person
只 zhǐ
surname
a Chinese surname
[particle]
archaic sentence-final particle used for emphasis
只 衹 qí
(bound form) Buddhist robe
(bound form) a type of robe or clothing worn by Buddhist monks or nuns; often used in the compound 衹衼 qí​zhī
只 秖 zhī
ripening grain
(bound form) grain that has just begun to ripen

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Frequency
Character
Written text
97th most common 1912.4 per million
Movie subtitles
71st most common 2506.5 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2167.1 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
664.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
隻戠衹
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+53EA

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)