才

cái · cai

Traditional 纔

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

cái 才

  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only

cái 纔

  1. (variant of 才 (cái)) just now
  2. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only

In a sentence

2 examples
01

杰(jié)夫(fū)找(zhǎo)了(le)三(sān)个(gè)月(yuè)以(yǐ)后(hòu)才(cái)找(zhǎo)到(dào)了(le)一(yí)份(fèn)工(gōng)作(zuò)。

Jeff searched for three months before he found a job.

Tatoeba: Chinese by ednorog · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)很(hěn)有(yǒu)才(cái),什(shén)么(me)问(wèn)题(tí)都(dōu)能(néng)解(jiě)决(jué)。

He is very talented; he can solve any problem.

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