才

The character "才" has 3 strokes. "才" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "才" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "才" are "cái" . View the stroke order of "才">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "才"

n.: ability; talent; capacity; capability; gift; endowment; talented person

adv.: not until; then and only then; only when; a moment ago; just; only just; only; really; actually; no earlier than a particular time

• ability : n.能力；才能；智力水平；才干；技能
• talent : n.天赋；塔兰特；有天赋的人；性感的人；可能成为性伙伴的人
• capacity : n.最大容量；能力；才能；承受力；理解能力；身份；角色；职位；生产力；生产量
• capability : n.能力；才能；才干；能力范围；计算机性能；力量
• gift : n.礼物；赠品；天赋；才能；（GIFT）输卵管内配子转移
• endowment : n.捐赠；资助；捐款；天赋；才能；人寿保险；天资；捐赠的财产
• not until : 直到
• only when : 除非；只有当
• a moment ago : 片刻前；刚才；一会前
• just : adj.正义的；公正的；应得的；适当的；有充分根据的；恰如其分的；有理由的；无可非议的
• only just : 仅仅, 勉强；刚刚, 刚才
• only : adv.唯一地；仅有地；只；不料；结果却；才；仅仅；只会；刚刚；直到…才
• really : adv.真正地；确实地；实际上；事实上；很；十分；全然；是吗；实在；确实
• actually : adv.事实上；实际上；竟然；居然

Form words with "才"

良史之才 talents of a good historian

才具有限 be of limited capacity

通脱之才 person of unconventional talent

直待天黑才回家 not go home until dusk

很晚才吃晚餐 have a late supper

Example phrases using "才"

• 领导看得起他，才派他出国学习。

  The leadership sent him abroad to study because they had a very good opinion of him.

• 男孩子费了好大劲儿才忍住抽搭。

  The boy checked his sobs with an immense effort.

• 我跑了几条街道才找到这个商店。

  I walked about several blocks before I found that shop.

• 他费了好大劲儿才找到这份工作。

  It almost drained him to get the job.

• 他们知道她平安回家后才落了心。

  They were relieved to know she had arrived home safely.

• 直到那时问题的解答才初见端倪。

  Only then did we have an inkling of the solution to the problem.

• 他完全信任我，才给我透了个底。

  He had perfect trust in me and told me everything.

• 鞋子合不合脚，自己穿了才知道。

  Only the wearer knows if the shoe fits his foot.

• 她耽搁了很久才抽空写了这封信。

  Only after a long delay did she get around to writing the letter.

• 这篇文章我啃了两个小时才弄懂。

  I wrestled with this piece of writing for two hours before I grasped its content.