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You can remember the meaning of 只能 with this easy mnemonic:

The parents were too busy to prepare for the sleep over so the kids only (只) had a jigsaw puzzle to play. They were so bored and could only finish half. Even if they were capable (能), there was actually a piece missing.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 只
• 能

• 能否
• 只不过
• 只好
• 只是
• 只要
• 能量
• 无能为力
• 能力
• 能够
• 不能
• 功能
• 尽可能
• 只能
• 可能性
• 可能

The reading of 只能 is zhǐ néng.

You can remember how to say 只能 with this useful mnemonic:

The missing jigsaw (zhǐ) puzzle was never (né) found (ng).

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like can only and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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