HSK 2 · Meeting & staying

才

cái

only then; just

Stroke order of 才

才 is written with 3 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A sprout pushing up from the ground: only just now does it appear.

Parts: 才: pictograph of a sprout

Example sentence

他十点才起床。

He only got up at ten o'clock.

Words with 才

刚才just now 人才talented person; talent 才能talent; ability

More words: Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰到to run into 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 气air; to anger 长to grow; head; chief 当to act as; when 提出to put forward 提到to mention 行动action; to act 行为behaviour

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