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只好

只好

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but; (a measure word, for birds and some animals, etc.); single	good; well; be fond of
simp. and trad. (只好)		只	好

Adverb

只好

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhǐhǎo

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǐhǎo
  - 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
  - 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 hɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɤ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/