123
Keyword
ability
  • talent
  • gift
  • just
  • only
Frequency
#298
Strokes
3
Readings
cái100%
Mnemonic
A sprout growing in the ground, representing a budding talent
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Used in vocabulary
才cái
ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually; (variant of 才 (cái)) just now; (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only
才能cáinéng
talent; ability; capacity
人才réncái
talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks
刚才gāngcái
just now; a moment ago; just now (variant of 刚才 (gāngcái))
天才tiāncái
talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted
奴才núcai
slave; fig. flunkey
秀才xiùcai
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent
才干cáigàn
ability; competence
方才fāngcái
just now; then
成才chéngcái
to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect
才智cáizhì
ability and wisdom
才子cáizǐ
gifted scholar
才气cáiqì
talent (usually literary or artistic)
才女cáinǚ
talented girl
聪明才智cōngmingcáizhì
intelligence and ability
鬼才guǐcái
creative genius
才华横溢cáihuáhéngyì
brimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant
通才tōngcái
polymath; all-round person