只有

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (只有/衹有)		只/衹	有
simp. (只有)		只	有

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhǐyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄧㄡˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зыю (zɨi͡u, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jau⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-yû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-ū / chí-ǔ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷tseq-yeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐyǒu [Phonetic: zhíyǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-yu³
    • Yale: jř-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyyeou
    • Palladius: чжию (čžiju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зыю (zɨi͡u, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²⁴ iou⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² jau⁵
    • Yale: jí yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` iu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi<sup>3</sup> yiu<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ i̯u²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` (r)iu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-ū
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-ū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ u³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-ǔ
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-ǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ u²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tseq-yeu
    • MiniDict: tseh^入 yeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tseq-hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡səʔ³³ ɦiɤ⁴⁴/

Conjunction

只有

1. only; merely; just

   沒有最好，只有更好 [MSC, trad.]
   没有最好，只有更好 [MSC, simp.]

   méiyǒu zuìhǎo, zhǐyǒu gènghǎo [Pinyin]

   There is no best, only better.

2. (regional) only a short while ago; just

   搿搭現在只有五點鐘。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   搿搭现在只有五点钟。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁸geq-taq ⁶yi-ze ⁷tseq-yeu ⁶ng-ti-tson [Wugniu]

   It's only just five o'clock here.

Synonyms

• 唯有 (wéiyǒu)
• (Hokkien) 孤啊

Further reading

• “Entry #50299”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.