才
cái
only then; just; only (so much); ability; talent
In a story
王建看了半天，才看清楚：“你好。”Wang Jian looked for a long while before he could make it out: “Hello.”七号实验室 · Lab Seven · HSK 3
车开了两个小时后，我才发现：窗户外边不是湖，是越来越高的山！Two hours in, I finally noticed: outside the window was no lake, just mountains climbing higher and higher!迷路的旅行 · The Wrong Bus · HSK 3
Grammar with 才
只有…才
只有…才… — only if… then
才
才 — only then (later / under a condition)
起初⋯⋯，⋯⋯才⋯⋯
起初⋯⋯，⋯⋯才⋯⋯ — at first …, only later …
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