只有……才…… zhǐyǒu…cái… only if

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Stroke order

只有……才…… is written in 14 strokes across 3 characters.

只有……才…… — the Chinese character for only if (zhǐyǒu…cái…), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 只有……才…… — only if

只 — 5 strokes
有 — 6 strokes
才 — 3 strokes

Example sentences

只有努力才能学好。Zhǐyǒu nǔlì cái néng xué hǎo.Only by working hard can you learn well.
只有他来我才去。Zhǐyǒu tā lái wǒ cái qù.I will go only if he comes.

Related words

只有……才…… is pronounced zhǐyǒu…cái… and means “only if”.

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