才
纔Meanings
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- 1.(variant of 才[cái]) just now
- 2.(variant of 才[cái]) (before an expression of quantity) only
- 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
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Wiktionary
- 1.ability; gift; talent; capability
- 2.talented person; talent
- 3.one with a certain status or background
- 4.a surname
- 5.only; just; merely
- 6.Used in the 才……就…… structure; only; just
- 7.only a short while ago; just
- 8.only after; only then; not ... until
- 9.Used to emphasize a statement.
- 10.only; merely
- 11.just; just now; a moment ago
- 12.only then; only after
- 13.Used to emphasize that something is/is not.
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) — a sharp peg. Same as 弋 and 尗. The sense "talent" is via an early phonetic loan. See also the top component of 𢦏. Xu Shen erroneously analyzed this character as a sprout growing from the ground. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa ~ za (“child, offspring, relatives; to come forth (as child at birth); to love; loving”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007). "Birth" and "natural characteristic / endowments" are semantically connected, compare 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “live, give birth”) and its derivative 性 (OC *sleŋs, “nature; character; personality; quality”) & 姓 (OC *sleŋs, “family name”). Cognate with 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ, “son”). Derivatives: 材 (OC *zlɯː, “material; timber”), 財 (OC *zlɯː, “riches; property; money”), and 存 (OC *zluːn, “to exist”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我才沒想哭。
I didn't mean to cry.
我剛才吐了。
I just threw up.
湯姆真有才華。
Tom is really gifted.
他老婆很有才。
His wife is quite a talented woman.
我們才剛搬進來。
We just moved in.
我剛才正要找你。
I was about to go look for you.
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