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才 cái

only then; just; only

Strokes
3
Level
HSK 3
Radical
扌
Type
Ideograph
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Memory hint: A sprout growing in the ground, representing a budding talent

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Example sentences with 才

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  1. 他是个难得的人才。
    Tā shì ge nándé de réncái.
    He's a rare talent.
    he is (measure) rare (particle) talent
  2. 你刚才去哪里了？
    Nǐ gāngcái qù nǎlǐ le?
    Where did you go a moment ago?
    you just-now go where (particle) (question)
  3. 多锻炼自己的才干吧。
    Duō duànliàn zìjǐ de cáigàn ba.
    Develop your abilities more.
    more exercise self (particle) ability (suggestion)
  4. 他才不担心这些事呢。
    Tā cái bù dānxīn zhèxiē shì ne.
    He doesn't worry about these things at all.
    he emphatically not worry these matter (particle)
  5. 昨天晚上十点，他才回到家。
    Zuótiān wǎnshang shí diǎn, tā cái huídào jiā.
    Last night at ten o'clock, he only then got home.
    yesterday evening ten o'clock, he only-then return-to home

Words with 才 (6)