只有

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (只有/祇有)		只/祇	有
simp. (只有)		只	有

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jau⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-yû
Min Nan (POJ): chí-ū / chí-ǔ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǐyǒu [Phonetic: zhíyǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyyeou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² jau⁵
  - Yale: jí yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² yeo⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii` iu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ yiu¹
  - IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ i̯u²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii` (r)iu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ yiu¹
  - IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-ū
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-ū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cyu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ u³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-ǔ
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-ǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ u²²/

Conjunction

只有

only by; is only

Verb

只有

to only have; there is only
沒有最好，只有更好 [MSC, trad.]
没有最好，只有更好 [MSC, simp.]
méiyǒu zuìhǎo, zhǐyǒu gènghǎo [Pinyin]
There is no best, only better.

Synonyms

唯有 (wéiyǒu)
(Min Nan) 孤啊

Further reading

“Entry #50299”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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