HSK 3

只要 meaning in Chinese

zhǐyào

Without tone marks: zhiyao

so long as, provided, if

conjunction

Example

只要你在这儿,我就会留下来。

zhǐyào nǐ zài zhèr, wǒ jiù huì liúxià lái.

As long as you're here, I'll stay.

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