只好

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	good; well; be fond of
trad. (只好)		只	好
simp. #(只好)		只	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² hou²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-hó
• Jin (Wiktionary): zi^2-1 hau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-hó
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷tseq-hau₅ / ⁷tsaq-¹hau₃

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐhǎo [Phonetic: zhíhǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-hao³
    • Yale: jř-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyhao
    • Palladius: чжихао (čžixao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² hou²
    • Yale: jí hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ hou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ ho^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ ho³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ ho³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zi^2-1 hau²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁵³⁻¹¹ xau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-hó
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'hoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tseq-hau₅
    • MiniDict: tseh^入 hau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tseq-hau₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡səʔ³³ hɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsaq-¹hau₃
    • MiniDict: tsah^入 hau^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡saʔ⁵⁵ hɔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

只好

1. have to; can only; have no choice but to; be forced to

   白脫油已經全部賣脫了，只好轉回去了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   白脱油已经全部卖脱了，只好转回去了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁸baq-theq₇-yeu₆ ⁵i-cin₅ ⁶zhi-bu₆ ⁶ma-theq₇-leq₈ ⁷tseq-hau₅ ⁵tsoe-we₆-chi₅-leq [Wugniu]

   The butter is already all sold out, we have to go back.

Synonyms

• 只得 (zhǐdé)