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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zhī - variant of 隻|只[zhi1]
zhǐ - only; merely; just
zhǐ - variant of 只[zhi3]
zhī - grain that has begun to ripen
zhǐ - variant of 只[zhi3]
zhī - classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 61 136 119

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Simple words 八 coming from the mouth 口

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 61 136 119
只是 - 3 196 278 204
只要 4 2 346 561 402
只有 - 3 486 263 244
只能 - 2 1,104 645 470
只不过 - 5 1,202 3,799 3,372
只好 4 3 3,535 2,730 3,085
船只 - 6 10,956 9,912 25,904
不只 - - 12,492 13,025 9,201
只顾 - 6 12,933 14,344 11,876
只管 - 6 15,419 16,040 15,591
只怕 - - 22,897 8,001 9,752
只得 - 6 23,662 6,838 13,899
只身 - - 23,862 23,193 26,350
只字不提 - - 24,432 52,204 49,435
形单影只 - - 26,817 61,601 36,391
只见 - 5 32,233 - -
只言片语 - - 38,861 46,782 31,626
舰只 - - 53,019 42,613 109,225
只说不做 - - 53,753 - -