(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

(not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore

ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only

but; yet; however; still / merely; only; just

can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice

(variant of 才) just now / (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) only

not only (... but also ...)

only; merely; just

only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)

light; ray (CL:道) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

barely / only / merely

merely; only; just; nothing but / simply / but; however

barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more)

exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / (used correlatively with 也) even; even if

only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with 才) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈｜只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")

only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt

not the only one / not only

not just; not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)

square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter

bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個｜个

single / only / sole

only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless

only; merely; nothing but; no more than / it's just that ...

only; sole

to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role

to stop / to prohibit / until / only

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with

not only; not just

(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people

alone / independent / single / sole / only

only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義｜主义 or 論｜论, e.g. 唯理論｜唯理论, rationalism)

to decorate / to adorn / sprinkled / studded / only for show

logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text)

steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]

if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that)

to be / thus / so / therefore / then / only / thereupon

second only to ...; ranking behind only ...

not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name

only / nothing else

only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique

virtually the same / differing only on small points

lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)

(idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests

to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score / not many; only a few

to begin / to start / then / only then

(slang) (adjective) (of one thing) one of the only two; (of two things) the only two

to give sth only cursory attention / to treat sth as not very significant

a road only a bird can manage / steep dangerous road

to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer

can then (and only then)

lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)

(idiom) it's only right and proper; it goes without saying

lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding

only for

mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret

(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒｜骗徒 "swindler" or 叛徒 "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare; empty / (bound form) to no avail; in vain / (bound form) merely; just; only / (bound form) prison sentence

bereaved of one's only child

restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考｜内部参考) / (literary) palace eunuch

only (child); without siblings / to be the sole survivor

to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom); to live within one's means / You can only spend what you earn.

-ism / only

to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline

Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同

(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families

(computing) read-only

not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case

to own exclusively; unique to; specific / there is only

Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.

fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band

the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad

Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song

walking corpse (idiom) / zombie / person who lives only on the material level

only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just

only child / sole scion

In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better

(literary) similar; almost / (literary) if only; it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe; perhaps

seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return

a son who is an only child

one and only (idiom); rarely seen / unique of its kind

when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)

to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause

muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious

only / unique

only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort

not only; far from; more than

pencil sharpener (blade-only type)

not only

(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions

to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)

lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop

only / merely / just

to exist in name only / empty shell / useless (idiom)

drizzle; light rain / (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect

human nature (idiom) / a behavior that is only natural

mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.

greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck