我们九点上课，可是他九点一刻才来。

We start class at nine o'clock, but he didn’t come until quarter past.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 九点 jiǔdiǎn nine o'clock
3 上课 shàngkè
  1. to go to class
  2. to attend class
  3. to go to teach a class
4 可是 kěshì
  1. but; however
  2. (used for emphasis) indeed
5 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
6 九点 jiǔdiǎn nine o'clock
7 一刻 yīkè
  1. fifteen minutes; quarter of an hour
  2. short time; moment
=8 才 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=8 才 cái
  1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
  2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
9 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)