# 只能 (zhǐnéng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 只能 (zhǐnéng) means “can only; to have no choice but”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: can only; to have no choice but
- Pinyin: zhǐnéng (zhi3 neng2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 太晚了，我们只能走回家。
  Tài wǎn le, wǒmen zhǐnéng zǒu huíjiā.
  It is too late, we can only walk home.

## Characters

- [只](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-only/) (zhǐ): only; just
- [能](https://hanziro.com/word/neng-can/) (néng): can; to be able to

https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-neng-can-only/

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