只好

只好

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² hou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-hó
• Min Nan (POJ): chí-hó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǐhǎo [Phonetic: zhíhǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyhao
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² hou²
    • Yale: jí hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² hou²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ hou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` ho`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ ho³
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ ho³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-hó
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'hoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/

Adverb

只好

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