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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 只好

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
只好 zhǐ hǎo - to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 3 3,535 2,730 3,085

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhī- variant of 隻|只[zhi1]
zhǐ- only; merely; just
zhǐ- variant of 只[zhi3]
zhī- grain that has begun to ripen
zhǐ- variant of 只[zhi3]
zhī- classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
hǎo- good
- appropriate; proper
- all right!
- (before a verb) easy to
- (before a verb) good to
- (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
- (verb complement indicating completion)
- (of two people) close; on intimate terms
- (after a personal pronoun) hello
hào- to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

Other Words Containing 只好

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
只好 4 3 3,535 2,730 3,085