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才

Traditional: 纔

cái

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 3

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cái · coi4 (Jyutping)

  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
  7. (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
  8. (variant of 才[cai2]) just now
  9. (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

才

Meaning
talent, ability; just, only
Radical
扌
Strokes
3
Components
⿻扌？
Cangjie
DH
Four-corner
4020.0

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