What does 才 mean in Chinese?

才 (cái) means "only then; just" in Chinese.

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Q: How do you use 才 in a sentence?

他十点才起床。 (Tā shí diǎn cái qǐchuáng.) — He didn't get up until ten.

Pinyin: cái

only then; just

🏮 Chinese HSK 3 🔗 Grammar Words

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他十点才起床。

Tā shí diǎn cái qǐchuáng.

He didn't get up until ten.

What 才 means

才 (cái) is an Chinese word meaning “only then; just”. It belongs to the Grammar Words topic and appears at HSK 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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HSK 3

啊 a interjection; yeah 把 bǎ object marker; to hold 被 bèi passive marker (by) 必须 bì xū must 当然 dāng rán of course 地 de adverbial particle 而且 ér qiě moreover 多么 duō me how (exclamatory) 根据 gēn jù according to 关于 guān yú about; regarding 还是 hái shi still; or 几乎 jī hū almost

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