只zi2有jau5

English

1. only have ...; there is only ...
2. (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy")
3. it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement")
4. (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
5. used to mean the necessary condition, correlatively with 先 or 先至; only (if); justunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 唯有；表示必要條件，通常同表示結果嘅「先」或者「先至」連用，成為條件句unreviewed?

Examples

• 人生絕對唔係只有失敗。

  Life is by no means a series of failures.

  Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

• 只有無知嘅人先會覺得自己知道嘅嘢已經足夠。

  He who thinks he has learned enough has learned nothing.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 今天只有殘留得軀殻，迎接光輝歲月。

  Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

• 開心就好似尿褲噉。 每個人都睇到佢，但係只有你可以享受佢嘅溫暖。

  Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

• 哈姆雷特應該唔想結婚。 哈姆雷特可能只有一個，但係好似佢噉嘅好多。

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 破解詛咒嘅方法只有一個－要有個從來未談過戀愛嘅人發誓永遠愛奧德特。

  Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

• unreviewed?

  只有佢先做得到。

  Only he can do it.

• unreviewed?

  只有同心協力，啲嘢先至做得好。

  Only if we work cooperatively can we do a good job.