只能

zhǐnéng
adverb HSK 3 #1,104

Meanings

  1. 1 can only
  2. 2 have no choice but

Examples

HSK 1
Tā zhǐnéng shuō Yīngwén.
He can only speak English.
HSK 2
Méiyǒu chē, wǒmen zhǐnéng zǒulù.
There's no car, so we can only walk.
HSK 2
Xiànzài zhǐnéng děng le.
Now we can only wait.

Stroke Order

zhǐ
néng