才

nǐ zěn me cái zhī dào

你怎么才知道？

How have you only just found out?

jīng tā jiě shì zhī hòu wǒ cái míng bai shì zěn me huí shì

经她解释之后，我才明白是怎么回事。

I didn't know what was going on until she explained it to me.

jié mù cái gāng kāi shǐ

节目才刚开始。

The performance has just started.

tā jīn tiān shí diǎn cái lái

他今天十点才来。

He didn't come until ten today.

zhè ge gōng chǎng kāi bàn shí cái èr bǎi gōng rén xiàn zài yǐ yǒu jǐ qiān gōng rén le

这个工厂开办时才二百工人，现在已有几千工人了。

Now the factory has several thousand workers, up from a mere 200 at the beginning.

zhè hái zi cái liù suì yǐ jīng rèn de bù shǎo zì le

这孩子才六岁，已经认得不少字了。

The child is only six, and he already knows quite a few characters.

dàng shí tā cái sān suì

当时他才三岁。

He was only three years old then.

tā dào měi guó cái bàn gè yuè jiù kě yǐ tóng dāng dì rén jiāo liú le

他到美国才半个月，就可以同当地人交流了。

It was only half a month after his arrival in the US that he could communicate with the locals.

píng yōng zhī cái

平庸之才

man of mediocre talents

qí cái

奇才

unusual talent

rén cái

人才

a person of talent

zhè rén hěn yǒu cái

这人很有才。

That man is a real talent.

zhǐ yǒu yī kào qún zhòng cái néng bǎ gōng zuò zuò hǎo

只有依靠群众，才能把工作做好。

Only by relying on the masses can we do a good job.

duō liàn zì cái néng liàn hǎo zì

多练字，才能练好字。

It takes a lot of practice to learn to write characters.

fēi yào děng qǐ zhòng jī lái le wǒ men cái néng zhuāng yùn ma

非要等起重机来了我们才能装运吗？

Must we wait till the crane arrives before we start loading?

kěn nǔ lì cái néng dé dào hǎo de xué xí chéng ji

肯努力，才能得到好的学习成绩。

Only you study hard can you get good results.

tā cái bù shǎ ne

她才不傻呢。

She is no fool.

zhè cái shì hǎo yàng de

这才是好样的。

You are really good.

tā cái bù xiǎng yī bèi zi dài zài nà r ne

他才不想一辈子待在那儿呢。

He has not the least desire to stay there forever.

mài zi zhǎng de cái hǎo ne

麦子长得才好呢！

The wheat is coming along fine.