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只好

zhǐ hǎo

HSK 4

without any better option, to have to

adverb

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Example Sentences

由于下雨，我只好在家里待着。

yóuyú xiàyǔ ， wǒ zhǐhǎo zài jiālǐ dài zháo 。

Because of the rain, I have to stay at home.

他没有其他选择，只好放弃这个项目。

tā méiyǒu qítā xuǎnzé ， zhǐhǎo fàngqì zhègè xiàngmù 。

He has no other choice but to give up this project.

考试前我只好熬夜复习。

kǎoshì qián wǒ zhǐhǎo áoyè fùxí 。

Before the exam, I have to stay up late to review.

Words with similar meanings

不得已bùdéyǐ

have no alternative

This phrase conveys a similar sense of being forced to do something due to a lack of options.

Words Starting With 只

只要zhǐ yào

if only; so long as

Words Ending With 好

最好zuì hǎo

best; (you) had better (do what we suggest)

友好yǒu hǎo

friendly; amicable

正好zhèng hǎo

just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that

良好liáng hǎo

good; favorable; well; fine

幸好xìng hǎo

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Individual characters

只zhǐ · only, merely, just, but

›好hǎo · good, well, proper, good to

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All words for the HSK 4 test

Grammar Points

Declaring the only option with "zhihao"

Comparing "budebu" and "zhihao"