Question 1

How do you pronounce 才?

Accepted Answer

才 is pronounced "cái" in Mandarin Chinese. Click the audio icon to hear the native pronunciation. The word is classified as HSK 3 level vocabulary.

Question 2

What does 才 mean?

Accepted Answer

才 (cái) means: adv. used after the words showing time, meaning something happens quite late; meaning something happens just shortly before; used before a measure word, meaning "only a small amount of"; used in exclamatory sentences to express emphasis; used in the second clause of a complex sentence to connect the two clauses.

Question 3

How do you write 才 in Chinese?

Accepted Answer

才 is written with 1 character. View the stroke order animation above to learn the correct way to write each character. The traditional form is 才.

Question 4

What are example sentences using 才?

Accepted Answer

See the examples section above for multiple sentences using 才 in context, with pinyin pronunciation and translations in your selected language. Each example includes audio pronunciation to help you learn proper usage.

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Character relationships for 才 (cái)

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Traditional:

Zhuyin:

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例句

Related words by character connection

刚才HSK 3

只有…才…HSK 3

人才HSK 5

天才HSK 6

才华HSK 6

口才HSK 7-9

成才HSK 7-9

才干HSK 7-9

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