cái

talent, ability; just, only

HSK 3 #235

DEFINITIONS

才 cái
  • ability
  • talent
  • sb of a certain type
  • a capable individual
  • only
  • only then
  • just now
  • a moment ago
  • (indicating sth happening later than expected)
  • (preceded by a clause of condition or reason) not until
  • (followed by a numerical clause) only

STROKES

WORDS

識 cái shí ability and insight
识过人 cái shí guò rén an outstanding talent (idiom); surpassing insight and acumen
識過人 cái shí guò rén an outstanding talent (idiom); surpassing insight and acumen
貌双全 cái mào shuāng quán talented and good-looking (idiom)
貌雙全 cái mào shuāng quán talented and good-looking (idiom)
高八斗 cái gāo bā dǒu of great talent (idiom)
干 yǒu cái gàn capable
幹 yǒu cái gàn capable
bì cái Bizet (name); Georges Bizet (1838-1875), French musician, composer of opera Carmen
江南四大子 jiāng nán sì dà cái zǐ Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿
江郎盡 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom); fig. to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block
女貌 nán cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple
yì cái extraordinary talent
yì cái extraordinary talent
登庸人 dēng yōng rén cái to employ talent (idiom)
實學 zhēn cái shí xué solid learning; real ability and learning; genuine talent
社交能 shè jiāo cái néng social accomplishment
不出门,全知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
不出門,全知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
不出门,能知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
不出門,能知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
然 cái rán just recently; just a moment ago; just now
聰明智 cōng ming cái zhì intelligence and wisdom
自學成 zì xué chéng cái a self-made genius
mào cái see 秀才[xiu4 cai5]