cái
才
ability, talent, gift; just, only
HSK 2.0 · 3
HSK 3.0 · 2
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Words with 才
刚才 gāng cái
just now; a moment ago
HSK 2
人才 rén cái
talent; talented person
HSK 3
才能 cái néng
talent; ability
HSK 3
天才 tiān cái
talent; gift
HSK 5
才华 cái huá
talent
HSK 7–9
口才 kǒu cái
eloquence
HSK 7–9
成才 chéng cái
to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect
HSK 7–9
才干 cái gàn
ability; competence
Examples from your lessons
- 他七点半才起床，洗完脸就出门了。 He only got up at 7:30 and left right after washing his face. 没有时间
- 八点二十分，小明才到教室。 At 8:20 Xiaoming finally got to the classroom. 没有时间
- 一个小时以后，我们才到家。 An hour later, we finally got home. 慢一点儿
- 晚上我也在床上看手机，很晚才睡觉。 At night I also look at my phone in bed and go to sleep very late. 眼睛不舒服
- 他早上七点上班，晚上十点才回家。 He starts work at 7 a.m. and doesn't get home until 10 p.m. 身体最重要
- 昨天晚上我准备了三个小时，十二点才睡觉。 Last night I prepared for three hours and only went to bed at twelve. 考试以后
Character facts
- Radical
- 扌 hand
- Structure
- Overlaid
- Unicode
- U+624D
Ideographic: A sprout growing in the ground, representing a budding talent