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才 cái

HSK 3 character · 3 strokes · radical 手 · traditional 纔

Meanings

• ability; talent
• sb of a certain type
• a capable individual
• then and only then
• just now
• (before an expression of quantity) only

Words with 才

• 才 cái: ability; talent
• 刚才 gāng cái: just now

Example sentences

我很晚才睡。
I stayed up till late at night.
Tatoeba #344235 by nickyeow (CC BY 2.0 FR)

他是个天才。
He is a genius.
Tatoeba #380721 by sherryyyf (CC BY 2.0 FR)

我刚才起床了。
I just got up.
Tatoeba #398497 by GlossaMatik (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).