才

纔traditional

HSK 3#133 by frequencyradical 扌

cái["d","c","n"]

then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual

cái

(variant of 才[cai2]) just now; (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only

Examples

哪天才行？

Which day is fine?

我很晚才睡。

I stayed up till late at night.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.