只好

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	good; well; be fond of
trad. (只好)		只	好
simp. ^#(只好)		只	好

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐhǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² hou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-hó
Jin (Wiktionary): zi^2-1 hau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-hó
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷tseq-hau₅ / ⁷tsaq-¹hau₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐhǎo [Phonetic: zhíhǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhhǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-hao³
  - Yale: jř-hǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyhao
  - Palladius: чжихао (čžixao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² hou²
  - Yale: jí hóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² hou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² hou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ hou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-hó
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ ho^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ ho³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ ho³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zi^2-1 hau²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁵³⁻¹¹ xau⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-hó
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-hó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'hoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tseq-hau₅
  - MiniDict: tseh^入 hau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tseq-hau₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡səʔ³³ hɔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tsaq-¹hau₃
  - MiniDict: tsah^入 hau^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡saʔ⁵⁵ hɔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

只好

have to; can only; have no choice but to; be forced to
白脫油已經全部賣脫了，只好轉回去了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
白脱油已经全部卖脱了，只好转回去了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁸baq-theq₇-yeu₆ ⁵i-cin₅ ⁶zhi-bu₆ ⁶ma-theq₇-leq₈ ⁷tseq-hau₅ ⁵tsoe-we₆-chi₅-leq [Wugniu]
The butter is already all sold out, we have to go back.

Synonyms

只得 (zhǐdé)