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How to write 只有

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只有 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 3. An intermediate band: enough vocabulary for everyday conversation and travel.

只有 in a sentence

• 我wǒ只zhǐ有yǒu十shí块kuài钱qián。

  I only have ten yuan.

• 这zhè里lǐ只zhǐ有yǒu我wǒ们men两liǎng个gè人rén。

  There are only the two of us here.

• 我wǒ只zhǐ有yǒu周zhōu末mò有yǒu时shí间jiān。

  I only have time on weekends.

只有 vs 只是 vs 仅仅

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 只是 zhǐ shì just; merely

  只有 asserts exclusivity — 'only X exists or holds'; 只是 minimizes — 'it's just that'. 只有我 vs 只是我 make different claims.

• 仅仅 jǐn jǐn merely; only

  Emphatic 'merely' — 仅仅三天 'a mere three days'. 只有 is broader and everyday.