只要

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (只要)		只	要
simp. #(只要)		只	要
alternative forms		嘦 dialectal

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jiu³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-yeu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-iàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhyào
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-yao⁴
    • Yale: jř-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyyaw
    • Palladius: чжияо (čžijao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² jiu³
    • Yale: jí yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jiːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-yeu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ ieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ yeu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-yeu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ (r)ieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ yeu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iau²¹/

Conjunction

只要

1. as long as; provided; so long as

   只要有信心，困難必戰勝。 [MSC, trad.]
   只要有信心，困难必战胜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhǐyào yǒu xìnxīn, kùnnan bì zhànshèng. [Pinyin]

   Difficulties can be overcome so long as you have confidence.

   只要一家人能團聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, trad.]
   只要一家人能团聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhǐyào yījiārén néng tuánjù, shòu duōshǎo zuì, chī duōshǎo kǔ, wǒ dōu bùpà. [Pinyin]

   As long as the family can be reunited, I am willing to endure any kind of hardship that comes my way.

Synonyms

• 凡是 (fánshì)
• 大凡 (dàfán)
• (Eastern Min) 儷挃／俪挃
• (Hokkien) 見若／见若
• (Hokkien) 便若
• (Hakka) 總愛／总爱

Derived terms

• 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 / 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 (zhǐyào gōngfu shēn, tiěchǔ mó chéng zhēn)
• 只要目的正當，可以不擇手段 / 只要目的正当，可以不择手段 (zhǐyào mùdì zhèngdàng, kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn)

 

Related terms

• 只消 (zhǐxiāo)