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Meaning of 才

Pinyin cái

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

ability / talent / endowment / gift / an expert / only (then) / only if / just, just / not until

Usage

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才 [cái] [形] 1. 能力: ability 例: ～能。口～。这人很有～干。 (He has great ability.) 2. 从才能方面指某类人: person in regard to capability, personality, character 例: 干（gàn）～。奇～。奴～。蠢～。 (Talents can refer to those with various capabilities.) 3. 副词 1. 方，始: just, just now 例: 昨天～来。现在～懂得这个道理。 (I just understood this principle now.) 2. 仅仅: only 例: ～用了两元。来了～十天。 (I only spent two yuan. He came just ten days ago.) --- 才 [cái] [名] 1. 才力;才能: ability 例: 又如:才伐(才力门望);才格(才能。) (For example: talent level.) 2. 人才。常写作“材”: talent 例: 又如:唯才是举;干才;广开才路;栋梁之才。 (For example: talent is prioritized; they develop pathways for talent.) 3. 天赋的特殊才能: gift 例: 如:诗才;才调(才情风格) (For example: poetic talent; style of talent.) 4. 从才能方面指某类人: person in regard to capability, personality, character 例: 又如∶奴才;蠢才;天才;人才。 (For example: servant, fool, genius, talented person.) 5. 通“材”。材资;本能: aptitude 例: 非天之降才尔殊也。 (It is not that talent was descended from the heavens.) 6. 姓: surname --- 才 [cái] [副] 1. 刚刚: just 例: 又如:刚才(刚要，刚刚);方才(才，刚刚) (Just earlier; just now.) 2. 这样迟，这么迟: so late 例: 如:你怎么才来? (Why did you come so late?) 3. 仅，只: only 例: 又如:一共才十个，不够分。 (Only ten in total; not enough to share.) 4. 表示只有在某种条件下或由于某种原因、目的而能怎么样: then; then and only then 例: 又如:要多练习，才能提高成绩。 (You need to practice more to improve your scores.) 5. 强调确定语气: indeed 6. 才+形+呢: emphasizes a high degree 例: 如:这才好呢! (This is indeed great!) 7. 才+([En.] 是)…: implies "nothing else" 例: 如:这才是好样的! (This is indeed the right way!) 8. 才([En.] +不)+动+呢: typically used in affirmative sentences 例: 如:我才不去呢! (I certainly won’t go!)

多吉才让 duō jí cái ràng

Dorjean

奇才 qí cái

genius

奴才 nú cai

slave / fig. flunkey

庸才 yōng cái

mediocrity

才刚 cái gāng

Just just

怜才 lián cái

have sympathy for talented persons

方才 fāng cái

just now / then

适才 shì cái

just now / a moment ago

才能 cái néng

talent / ability / capacity

聪明才智 cōng ming cái zhì

intelligence and wisdom

天才 tiān cái

talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted

秀才 xiù cai

a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent

口才 kǒu cái

eloquence

才子 cái zǐ

gifted scholar

才干 cái gàn

ability / competence

成才 chéng cái

to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect

文才 wén cái

literary talent / aptitude for writing

才识 cái shí

ability and insight

将才 jiàng cái

talented field commander (military)

才艺 cái yì

talent

德才兼备 dé cái jiān bèi

having both integrity and talent (idiom)

栋梁之才 dòng liáng zhī cái

a man of tremendous promise / the pillars of society / the mainstay of a cause

恃才傲物 shì cái ào wù

to be inordinately proud of one's ability / to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)

刚才 gāng cái

(just) a moment ago

才华横溢 cái huá héng yì

brimming over with talent (esp. literary) / brilliant

才气横溢 cái qì héng yì

brim with talent / be overflown with animation / have superb talent / scintillating with wit

张佑才 zhāng yòu cái

Zhang Youcai

人才 rén cái

talent / talented person / looks / attractive looks

蠢才 chǔn cái

variant of 蠢材[chun3 cai2]

才貌 cái mào

talent and appearance

贤才 xián cái

a genius / a talented person