才能
cáinéng
talent; ability
In a story
他的咸菜要放三个月才能吃,一天也不能少。His pickles needed three months before they could be eaten, not a day less.爷爷的网店 · Grandpa's Online Shop · HSK 5
收音机的声音很小,走过去才能听见。The radio is quiet; you can only hear it as you walk past.面包店的灯 · The Light in the Bakery · HSK 3
Grammar with 才能
只有…才
只有…才… — only if… then
才
才 — only then (later / under a condition)
意念被动句
意念被动句 — passive in meaning, with no 被

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