In mandarin, there are many words which can be used as 'only' depending on different situations and the sentence structure. 'only' - 唯一、只 and more. 'except' - 除了 1）In our family only my father can drive a car 爸爸是家里唯一可以驾车的人。 2）this boy can do nothing except playing toys 这个男孩除了玩玩具以外，他什么都不做。 3）I want to buy only milk and bread 我只要买牛奶和面包。

only 只；僅 In our family only my father can drive a car 我們家裡只有我爸會開車 I want to buy only milk and bread 我只想買牛奶和麵包 except 除了 this boy can do nothing except playing toys 除了玩玩具，這個男孩不能做什麼