Pronunciation
:
cái
Meaning
:
(adv) only just
HSK
:
2
Notes
:
Also as

  • [HSK4]
才
Pronunciation
:
cái
Meaning
:
  1. (noun) ability; talent
  2. (noun) a capable person
  3. (adv) just
  4. (adv) not … until
  5. (adv) only … if
  6. (adv) only after
  7. (adv) only
  8. (adv) really; actually
Radical
:
一
Strokes
:
3
Traditional
:
才
Sentences:
我昨天才见到他。
I saw him only yesterday.

wǒ zuó tiān cái jiàn dào tā 。

我
:
I
昨天
:
yesterday
才
:
only
见
:
see
到
:
used as a verb complement to show the result of an action
他
:
him
他才来五分钟。
He has only been here for five minutes.

tā cái lái wǔ fēn zhōng 。

他
:
he
才
:
only
来
:
come
五
:
five
分钟
:
minutes
我昨天才知道这件事。
I only found out about this yesterday.

wǒ zuó tiān cái zhī dào zhè jiàn shì 。

我
:
I
昨天
:
yesterday
才
:
only then
知道
:
know
这
:
this
件
:
measure word
事
:
matter
他学了一年汉语才会说一点。
He studied Chinese for a year and only then could speak a little.

tā xué le yì nián hàn yǔ cái huì shuō yì diǎn 。

他
:
he
学
:
study
了
:
past marker
一年
:
one year
汉语
:
chinese
才
:
only then
会
:
can
说
:
speak
一点
:
a little
现在才八点，不用着急。
It’s only eight o’clock now, no need to rush.

xiàn zài cái bā diǎn ， bú yòng zháo jí 。

现在
:
now
才
:
only
八点
:
eight o’clock
不用
:
no need
着急
:
rush