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只好

zhǐhǎo

to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to

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Meaning of 只好 in English

zhǐhǎoHSK 4adverbSyllabus #1953
  1. to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to

Example sentences

  1. 昨天太冷了，我只好待在家里。
    zuó tiān tài lěng le， wǒ zhǐ hǎo dài zài jiā lǐ。
    It was so cold yesterday I stayed home.
    Tatoeba #1423380 by sadhen · #8177616 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 昨天太冷了，我只好待在家里。
    zuó tiān tài lěng le， wǒ zhǐ hǎo dài zài jiā lǐ。
    It was so cold yesterday that I stayed home.
    Tatoeba #1423380 by sadhen · #244488 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 我们的钱不够，所以我只好把订单取消了。
    wǒ men de qián bù gòu， suǒ yǐ wǒ zhǐ hǎo bǎ dìng dān qǔ xiāo le。
    I had to cancel the order because we didn't have enough money.
    Tatoeba #8870263 by will66 · #12259784 by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

只 on its own →
zhī · classifier for birds and certain animals

HSK words with 只

只HSK 1只能HSK 3只是HSK 3只要HSK 3只有HSK 3船只HSK 6只得HSK 6只顾HSK 6只管HSK 7–9
好 on its own →
hǎo · good

HSK words with 好

好HSK 1好吃HSK 1好看HSK 1好听HSK 1你好HSK 1好玩儿HSK 1爱好HSK 2不好意思HSK 2好多HSK 3好久HSK 3

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences