只能

zhǐnéng

adverb HSK 2 #1,104

Meanings

1 can only
2 have no choice but

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

没有车，我们只能走路。

Méiyǒu chē, wǒmen zhǐnéng zǒulù.

There's no car, so we can only walk.

HSK 1

现在只能等了。

Xiànzài zhǐnéng děng le.

Now we can only wait.

HSK 2

他只能说英文。

Tā zhǐnéng shuō Yīngwén.

He can only speak English.

Stroke Order

只 zhǐ

能 néng