# 只得 (zhǐdé)

In Mandarin Chinese, 只得 (zhǐdé) means “to have no choice but to; to be obliged to”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to have no choice but to; to be obliged to
- Pinyin: zhǐdé (zhi3 de2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 下大雨了，我们只得留在家里。
  Xià dà yǔ le, wǒmen zhǐdé liú zài jiālǐ.
  It rained heavily, so we had no choice but to stay home.

## Characters

- [只](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-only/) (zhǐ): only; just
- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker

https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-de-have-no-choice/

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