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All HSK 3.0 Level 2 words

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

  1. can only
  2. to have no choice but

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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.

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