More meanings of 才

📚Daily mandarin words:
才 cái

4. 才 cái talent/gift/ability

你太有才了！
Nǐ tài yǒu cái le!
You are so talented!

5. 才 cái

人才
réncái
talented person

我们的国家需要更多的人才。
Wǒmen de guójiā xūyào gèng duō de réncái.
Our country needs more talented people.

6. 才 cái a moment ago/just .

我才到家，老板又打电话给我了。
Wǒ cái dào jiā, lǎobǎn yòu dǎ diànhuà gěi wǒ le.
I had just got home, and my boss called me again.

我才解释完这个词，他马上又忘了。
Wǒ cái jiěshì wán zhège cí, tā mǎshàng yòu wàng le.
I had just explained this word, and he forgot it again immediately.

7. 才 cái then and only then /not unless

只有……才……
zhǐyǒu……cái……

only if you do or finish something, only then can you get what you expect.

只有每天学习中文，你的中文才会越来越好。
Zhǐyǒu měi tiān xuéxí Zhōngwén, nǐ de Zhōngwén cái huì yuè lái yuè hǎo.
Only if you learn Chinese everyday, then your Chinese will be better and better.

只有坚持健身，你才会有好身材。
Zhǐyǒu jiānchí jiànshēn, nǐ cái huì yǒu hǎo shēncái.
Only if you keep working out, then you will have a good figure.