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  • conj.so long as; if only

    • zhǐ yào nǐ gōng zuò zuò wán jiù kě yǐ zǒu le

      只要工作做完可以

      You may go, provided your work is done.

    • zhǐ yào yuàn yì yùn yòng nǐ de cōng ming cái zhì zǒng huì zhǎo dào jiě jué fāng fǎ

      只要愿意运用聪明才智找到解决方法

      There is always a solution, so long as you are prepared to use your ingenuity.

    • zhǐ yào nǔ lì nǐ jiù néng xué hǎo hàn yǔ

      只要努力汉语

      As long as you study hard, you can learn Chinese well.

    • zhǐ yào kěn gàn jiù huì zuò chū chéng jì lai

      只要做出成绩

      So long as one works hard, one is bound to make achievements.

    • zhǐ yào wǒ de xīn zàng hái zài tiào jiù yào jìn lì wèi rén mín fú wù

      只要心脏就要尽力人民服务

      As long as my heart is still beating, I will do my utmost to serve the people.

    • shuí shòu dào biǎo yáng wú suǒ wèi zhǐ yào bù āi pī jiù hǎo

      受到表扬所谓只要挨批

      We don't mind who gets the credit so long as we don't get the blame.

    • zhǐ yào nǐ yǒu qián jiù néng bàn dào

      只要

      You could do it if only you had the money.

    • zhǐ yào bù duàn nǔ lì jiù néng chéng gōng

      只要不断努力成功

      Persistent efforts will bring you success.

    • zhǐ yào xuě yī róng huà wǒ men jiù kāi shǐ chūn gēng

      只要融化我们开始春耕

      Provided the snow melts we can start ploughing the fields for the spring.

Word usage

  • Note
    "只要" is different from "只有". "只要" often cooperates with "就", etc., it represents a sufficient condition for hypothetical judgment in logic. It does not exclude that other conditions will also cause the same result, such as "只要下雨,地就会湿"; "只有" often follows "才" indicates the necessary condition for the judgment of hypothesis in logic, and means that if there is no such condition, it is impossible to have the following result, such as "只有播种,才会有收成".