cái

HSK 4

才 (cái) is a Chinese word meaning “ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual”.

Meanings

  1. 1ability; talent
  2. 2sb of a certain type
  3. 3a capable individual
  4. 4then and only then
  5. 5just now
  6. 6(before an expression of quantity) only
  7. 7(emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
Part of speech
noun

Related words

才(variant of 才[cai2]) just now刚才just now刚才just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2])天才talent才华talent人才talent才能talent才华横溢brimming over with talent (esp. literary)才干ability多才多艺multitalented才智ability and wisdom口才eloquence

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