if only in Mandarin

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

I only (只) want (要) Justin Bieber to love me as much as I love him! If only I can meet him in person, then I can make him fall in love with me.

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

• 只
• 要

• 只好
• 只要
• 提要
• 只能
• 要求
• 要是
• 重要
• 要不然
• 无关紧要
• 不要
• 只不过
• 主要
• 快要
• 需要
• 只是
• 要么

The reading of 只要 is zhǐ yào.

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

Jesus (zhǐ) Christ, you're really obsessed with him aren't you? Yeah (yà) I wouldn't get my hopes up though (o), apparently he's back with his old girlfriend again.

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 if 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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