LEARN + CHINESE / 204 of 300 HSK 6
Only Then 才
The queue is long; by the time you reach the counter, the last pastry is gone. 才 can stress that something happened only after a wait or condition. 刚好/恰好 mean “just at the right time,” while 偏 adds the feeling that an event went against expectation or arrived at an inconvenient moment.
我才是那个想和你在一起的人！
wǒ cái shì nà ge xiǎng hé nǐ zài yìqǐ de rén！
I'm the one who wants to be with you.
他回来的时候，我刚好写完了信。
tā huílai de shíhou, wǒ gānghǎo xiěwán le xìn.
I had just finished writing the letter when he came back.
他恰好在我们需要帮助的时候来了。
tā qiàhǎo zài wǒmen xūyào bāngzhù de shíhou lái le.
He arrived just when we needed help.
他偏要一个人去。
tā piān yào yí ge rén qù.
He insists on going alone.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
cái | only then; just now |
gānghǎo | just; exactly; happen to |
piān | slanted; partial; stubbornly |
qiàhǎo | just right; exactly |
shíhou | time; moment |
yīqǐ | together |
gèrén | individual; personal |
huílái | to come back |
hǎozài | fortunately; luckily |
wánle | and then; (indicating completion) |
bāngzhù | to help; assist |
wǒmen | we; us |
xūyào | to need; need |
xuéhuì | learned society; association |
dàduōshù | vast majority |
dàn | but; only |
dàochù | everywhere |
duōshù | majority |
huāyuán | garden |
jiàndào | to see (result) |
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