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才cáionly then; just

Theme
Grammar
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
3
Syllable
cai

How 才 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

才 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

为什么你现在才来。

Wèi shénme nǐ xiànzài cái lái?

Why are you only arriving now?

  • 为什么wèishénmewhy?
  • 你nǐyou
  • 现在xiànzàinow
  • 才cáionly then; just
  • 来láito come

他八点才起床。

Tā bā diǎn cái qǐchuáng.

He didn't get up until eight.

  • 他tāhe
  • 八bāeight
  • 点diǎno'clock
  • 才cáionly then; just
  • 起床qǐchuángto get up

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

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