只好 zhǐhǎo HSK3 to have to Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 只好 zhǐhǎo to have to adverb to have no other option but to do something; to be forced to in a situation where there is no better choice 他别无选择，只好倾听。 tā biéwúxuǎnzé, zhǐhǎo qīngtīng. He had no choice but to listen. 电梯坏了，我们只好走楼梯。 diàntī huài le, wǒmen zhǐhǎo zǒu lóutī. The elevator was broken, so we had to take the stairs. can only can only; to have to make do with something in a helpless situation; used to indicate that something is only just sufficient or capable of a certain limited result exactly just right; at the very moment; exactly Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 17.8 per million appears in 8% of films Written text 45.7 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Same as 只得 zhǐdé不得不 bùdébù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
只好 zhǐhǎo to have to adverb to have no other option but to do something; to be forced to in a situation where there is no better choice 他别无选择，只好倾听。 tā biéwúxuǎnzé, zhǐhǎo qīngtīng. He had no choice but to listen. 电梯坏了，我们只好走楼梯。 diàntī huài le, wǒmen zhǐhǎo zǒu lóutī. The elevator was broken, so we had to take the stairs. can only can only; to have to make do with something in a helpless situation; used to indicate that something is only just sufficient or capable of a certain limited result exactly just right; at the very moment; exactly Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 17.8 per million appears in 8% of films Written text 45.7 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Same as 只得 zhǐdé不得不 bùdébù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
