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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 只 | zhī | - variant of 隻|只[zhi1] |
| 只 | zhǐ | - only; merely; just |
| 只 | zhǐ | - variant of 只[zhi3] |
| 只 | zhī | - grain that has begun to ripen |
| 只 | zhǐ | - variant of 只[zhi3] |
| 只 | zhī | - classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 好 | 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 |
| 好 | 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 |