仅有 - Only - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

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only

[t]

仅

merely

有

to possess

jin3you3 • jǐnyǒu

only

merely, mere

If you 仅 merely 有 possess a couple of things, then those are the 仅有 only things you own.

这里仅有一所大学。

Here there is only a university.

他是我仅有的朋友。

He is my only friend.

冰箱里仅有一个苹果。

There is only one apple in the refrigerator.