只要……就……

As long as … then …

HSK 3 · 4 examples

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只要 marks the one condition that is enough. English says as long as or provided that; the result follows in the 就 half.

The feeling is optimistic: one thing is sufficient. Compare 只有……才……, which says something is the *only* way.

Examples

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As long as the weather is fine, we'll go hiking.

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If you read aloud ten minutes a day, your pronunciation will improve.

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You only need to write this character three times to remember it.

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As long as he isn't late, nothing else matters.

All 32 words used in the examples above — tap any word in an example to look it up in place. Words above this level are marked new .

只要zhǐ yàoHSK 2if only; so long as
天气tiān qìHSK 1weather
好hǎoHSK 1good, excellent, fine; well
我们wǒ menHSK 1we; us; ourselves; our
就jiùHSK 1just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
去qùHSK 1go away, leave, depart
爬山pá shānHSK 2to climb a mountain; to mountaineer; hiking; mountaineering
每měiHSK 2every, each
天tiānHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial
读dúHSK 1read, study; pronounce
十分shí fēnHSK 2very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
钟zhōngHSK 1clock; bell
你nǐHSK 1you, second person pronoun
的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
发fāHSK 2issue, dispatch, send out; hair
音yīnHSK 2sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
会huìHSK 1assemble, meet together; meeting
进步jìn bùHSK 3progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
这zhèHSK 1this, the, here
个gèHSK 1numerary adjunct, piece; single
字zìHSK 1letter, character, word
写xiěHSK 1write; draw, sketch; compose
三sānHSK 1three
遍biànHSK 2everywhere, all over, throughout
记住jì zhuHSK 1to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
他tāHSK 1other, another; he, she, it
不bùHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
迟到chí dàonewto arrive late
别的bié deHSK 1else; other
都dōuHSK 1metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined
无所谓wú suǒ wèinewto be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be