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      One use of 才 (cái) in Chinese grammar: only



      In Chinese language, the character 才 (cái) is one of those very common parts of Chinese grammar that many students find difficult because it is so common and versatile. Here we’ll separate the grammatical uses of 才 into different types and look at it that way.


      才 meaning “only”

      才 can mean “only”, i.e. It implies that something is small or few in quantities. When used in this way, it very often appears with a measure word and a number. In this way it can express that “there are only x things”.


      Have a look at an example:


      A: 你怎么有那么多?

      Nǐ zěnme yǒu nàme duō?

      How come you’ve got so many?


      B: 我才有两个!

      Wǒ cái yǒu liǎng gè!

      I’ve only got two!


      We don’t know what these two people are talking about, but A seems to believe that B has a lot of it. B uses 才 to indicate that they don’t actually have a lot – they only have two.


      Some more examples:


      他才来过一次。

      Tā cái láiguò yīcì.

      He’s only been here once before.


      现在才五点,太早了。

      Xiànzài cái wǔ diǎn, tài zǎole.

      It’s only five o’clock – it’s too early.


      我们一共才有500块钱,完全不够。

      Wǒmen yīgòng cái yǒu 500 kuài qián, wánquán bùgòu.

      Altogether we’ve only got 500 bucks – it’s not enough at all.


      Notice how in all of these examples there is a sense of a sequence. Maybe in the future there will be more, but at the moment we’ve only reached a particular amount or number.




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