cái

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AdvHSK 2TOCFL L1core 10k

1ability; talent

2sb of a certain type

3a capable individual

4then and only then

5just now

6(before an expression of quantity) only

7(emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually

xiàn zài现在cái才zhōng wǔ中午。

现在才中午。

It is just noon.