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

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` ieu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ yeu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-yeu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii` (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

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)

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