(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

(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 ...

(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊

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

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

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

only; merely; just

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

if only / so long as

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

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

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

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

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

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

only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 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 ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")

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

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

barely / only / merely

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

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

not the only one / not only

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

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

only; sole

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 ...

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

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

to stop / to prohibit / until / only

solely preoccupied (with one thing) / engrossed / focusing (on sth) / to look after only one aspect

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

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)

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

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]

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

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

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

virtually the same / differing only on small points

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

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

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

only / nothing else

to begin / to start / then / only then

disciple; apprentice; believer / on foot / bare; empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence

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

-ism / only

modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way

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

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

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

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

a son who is an only child

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

lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior

read-only (computing)

Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism

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

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

if only / so long as / (contraction of 只 and 要)

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

(separated only by) a narrow strip of water

Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom) / sole dominant ideology

to have only a breath of life (idiom)

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

the one and only way / the only proper course to take

listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)

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

hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription

door with only one leaf

only / merely / just

not only

the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist

with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely

only for

to await job assignment (term used only in mainland China)

to attach sb's name to (a role); to go by the title of / nominal; in name 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

only / unique

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

not only; far from; more than

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

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

to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)

anyhow / in any event / just / only

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

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

lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation

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

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

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

to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause

four grandparents, two parents and an only child

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

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