What does 只要 mean here?
下星期Jim 不上班，我们只要三个人上班 What does 只要 mean here? "Only have" fits perfectly for english but the words are only - want and my dictionary says together they mean "if only" or "as long as",
Thanks

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What does 只要 mean here?
下星期Jim 不上班， 我们只要三个人上班     What does 只要 mean here?  "Only have" fits perfectly for english but the words are only - want and my dictionary says together they mean "if only" or "as long as",   
   Thanks

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it's not "只要" here, it's "只" = only and "要" = needed

we only needed 3 people to work

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i think as long as is better

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只要 here is short for 只需要。

下星期Jim 不上班， 我们只要三个人上班。
下星期Jim 不上班， 我们只需要三个人上班。

办公室设备齐全，你只要带上你的手提电脑即可。
办公室设备齐全，你只需要带上你的手提电脑即可。

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谢谢你

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According to your reply, you should use只有 in this sentence.