才
Meanings
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 (cái)) just now
9. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only
Characters used
Examples154
不, 我 不是! 你 才 是!
No I'm not; you are!
这 是 我 的, 那 才 是 你 的。
This is mine, and that's yours.
这 就是 台湾, 这 才 是 台湾
This is Taiwan, this is what makes it Taiwan.
我 才 是 那个 想 和 你 在 一起 的 人!
I'm the one who wants to be with you.
方法 并 不 重要, 结果 才 重要。
It is not the means which matters, it is the end.
我 不 知道 怎么 做 才 能 结束 这个 月。
I do not know what to do to get through this month.