只能
zhǐnéng
can only; have to
Characters in this word
能 néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我只能等。 Wǒ zhǐnéng děng. I can only wait.
- 你只能喝水。 Nǐ zhǐnéng hē shuǐ. You can only drink water.
- 今天只能走路。 Jīntiān zhǐnéng zǒu lù. Today we can only walk.
Related words
- 只 zhǐ only; just
- 只要 zhǐyào as long as; only need
- 只 zhī a measure word for animals
- 只好 zhǐhǎo to have no choice but to
- 只是 zhǐshì only; just
- 只有 zhǐyǒu only; have only
- 只不过 zhǐbúguò only; merely
- 只见 zhǐjiàn only to see
- 能 néng can, to be able to
- 可能 kěnéng possibly; may
- 能够 nénggòu to be able to
- 才能 cáinéng talent; ability