… ，才 … (only then / only after)
IntroducedA required action comes before access
- You must finish registration before using an account.
- to complete完成to register注册，talent才能to use使用account number账号。 — Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
You must finish registration before using an account. What does 完成注册，才能使用账号。 communicate?
Registration is presented as a required condition before use. The requirement does not promise that registration alone solves every obstacle. An account could still need approval; distinguish necessary conditions from sufficient ones.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is … ，only then才 … (only then / only after). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
you你work hard努力，only then才can能succeed成功。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Only if you try can you succeed: 你努力，____ 能成功。
Condition，才 + Result = only then: 你努力,才能成功.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, to complete完成to register注册，talent才能to use使用account number账号。: Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
才 marks a condition that is…
才 = a necessary condition; 就 (只要…就…) marks a sufficient one.
Build: “Only if you try can you succeed.”
Condition，才 + Result: 你努力 + 才 + 能成功.
Know the boundary
- The requirement does not promise that registration alone solves every obstacle.
- An account could still need approval; distinguish necessary conditions from sufficient ones.
A required condition introduced before 才 guarantees that no other condition is needed.
Necessary is not the same as sufficient. Registration may be required even when approval is also needed.
In the opening situation: Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
The requirement does not promise that registration alone solves every obstacle. An account could still need approval; distinguish necessary conditions from sufficient ones. Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
Use the distinction
- Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
- The requirement does not promise that registration alone solves every obstacle. An account could still need approval; distinguish necessary conditions from sufficient ones.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Conditional statements.
You must finish registration before using an account. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.