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只要

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Pīnyīn
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HSK
so long as; provided; if
HSK 2

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Four corner
Cangjie
只
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *只* | 只* | *只
5画
only, just, simply
戠衹隻
6080.0
RC
要
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 *要* | 要* | *要
9画
necessary, essential; necessity
1040.4
MWV

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
只要
so long as; provided; if
只
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  *只* | 只* | *只
variant of 隻|只
只
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *只* | 只* | *只
only; merely; just
只
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *只* | 只* | *只
variant of 只
只
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *只* | 只* | *只
grain that has begun to ripen
只
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *只* | 只* | *只
variant of 只
只
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *只* | 只* | *只
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
 要
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *要* | 要* | *要
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
 要
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  *要* | 要* | *要
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important