有些人只能成為朋友。

Some people must be friendzoned.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 有些人 yǒuxiērén some people
2 只能 zhǐnéng
  1. can only
  2. obliged to do sth
  3. to have no other choice
3 成為 chéngwéi to become; to turn into
=4 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=4 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers