才 - Mandarin word #121

才

cái

Traditional: 才

HSK 3

#121 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

only then, just, merely

Stroke order

才

。

He only just arrived.

。

Now that is right.

。

I definitely will not go.

。

I just saw him a moment ago.

。

He did not arrive until an hour later.

才 (cái) means only then, just, merely. It is used as a adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.

而且

moreover, furthermore, and also

更

even more, still more

就

then, just, exactly, as soon as

只有

only, just, the only one

最

most, -est (superlative)

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 才.

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 3.