只得 (zhǐ dé) means “to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
没有别的办法,他只得同意。
Méiyǒu bié de bànfǎ, tā zhǐdé tóngyì.
Having no other choice, he had to agree.
Updated: 2026-07-18