只要
Pinyin: zhǐ yào
as long as
Example sentence
只要努力，就会进步。
Zhǐyào nǔlì, jiù huì jìnbù.
As long as you work hard, you'll improve.
What 只要 means
只要 (zhǐ yào) is an Chinese word meaning “as long as”. It belongs to the Grammar Words topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.