只要 zhǐyào HSK2 so long as Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 只要 zhǐyào so long as conjunction Used to express a sufficient condition, often paired with 就 jiù, 都 dōu, or 便 biàn in the following clause to mean "if only" or "provided that" 大多数人不会介意，只要你问。 dàduōshù rén bùhuì jièyì, zhǐyào nǐ wèn. Most people won’t mind as long as you ask. 只要能回家我就没事了。 zhǐyào néng huí jiā wǒ jiù méi shì le. I'm fine as long as I can go home. to only want adverb To only want or only need something. Frequency Movie subtitles 305.1 per million appears in 70% of films Written text 220.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2 Cross-References Same as 但凡 dànfán只消 zhǐxiāo但须 dànxū只须 zhǐxūReferenced by 嘦 jiào Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
只要 zhǐyào so long as conjunction Used to express a sufficient condition, often paired with 就 jiù, 都 dōu, or 便 biàn in the following clause to mean "if only" or "provided that" 大多数人不会介意，只要你问。 dàduōshù rén bùhuì jièyì, zhǐyào nǐ wèn. Most people won’t mind as long as you ask. 只要能回家我就没事了。 zhǐyào néng huí jiā wǒ jiù méi shì le. I'm fine as long as I can go home. to only want adverb To only want or only need something. Frequency Movie subtitles 305.1 per million appears in 70% of films Written text 220.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2 Cross-References Same as 但凡 dànfán只消 zhǐxiāo但须 dànxū只须 zhǐxūReferenced by 嘦 jiào Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
