才

cái

HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 2

Definitions

1. ability
2. talent
3. sb of a certain type
4. a capable individual
5. then and only then
6. just now
7. (before an expression of quantity) only

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 才

• 才气过人 cái qì guò rén: an outstanding talent (idiom)
• 将才 jiàng cái: talented field commander (military)
• 多才 duō cái: multitalented
• 才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén: gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)
• 才外流 cái wài liú: brain drain
• 却才 què cái: just now
• 才艺 cái yì: talent
• 才华出众 cái huá chū zhòng: outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
• 爱才 ài cái: to admire talented people
• 真才实学 zhēn cái shí xué: solid learning
• 高才 gāo cái: great talent; rare capability
• 秀才 xiù cai: a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
• 才略 cái lüe4: ability and sagacity
• 才德 cái dé: talent and virtue
• 才然 cái rán: just recently
• 高才生 gāo cái shēng: student of great ability
• 冯骥才 féng jì cái: Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
• 辩才天 biàn cái tiān: Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
• 才艺技能 cái yì jì néng: talent
• 才疏学浅 cái shū xué qiǎn: (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
• 不才 bù cái: untalented
• 庸才 yōng cái: mediocrity
• 雄才大略 xióng cái dà lüe4: great skill and strategy
• 秀才不出门，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)
• 男才女貌 nán cái nǚ mào: talented man and beautiful woman
• 偏才 piān cái: talent in a particular area
• 才能 cái néng: talent
• 才智 cái zhì: ability and wisdom
• 怀才不遇 huái cái bù yù: to have talent but no opportunity (idiom)
• 多才多艺 duō cái duō yì: multitalented
• 才华盖世 cái huá gài shì: peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
• 才华横溢 cái huá héng yì: brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
• 佳人才子 jiā rén cái zǐ: beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
• 天才出自勤奋 tiān cái chū zì qín fèn: genius comes from hard effort
• 不打不成才 bù dǎ bù chéng cái: spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
• 识多才广 shí duō cái guǎng: knowledgeable and versatile
• 才分 cái fèn: ability
• 茂才 mào cái: see 秀才[xiù cai]
• 通才教育 tōng cái jiào yù: liberal education
• 鬼才信 guǐ cái xìn: who would believe it!
• 征才 zhēng cái: to recruit
• 识才尊贤 shí cái zūn xián: to recognize talent and have great respect for it
• 才兼文武 cái jiān wén wǔ: talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
• 人才济济 rén cái jǐ jǐ: a galaxy of talent (idiom)
• 量才录用 liàng cái lù yòng: to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
• 干才 gàn cái: ability
• 才华 cái huá: talent
• 德才 dé cái: ethics and ability
• 天才 tiān cái: talent
• 辩才 biàn cái: eloquence
• 才学 cái xué: talent and learning
• 才识过人 cái shí guò rén: an outstanding talent (idiom)
• 才女 cái nǚ: talented girl
• 口才 kǒu cái: eloquence
• 自学成才 zì xué chéng cái: a self-made genius
• 秀才不出门，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)
• 异才 yì cái: extraordinary talent
• 贤才 xián cái: a genius
• 恃才傲物 shì cái ào wù: to be inordinately proud of one's ability
• 郎才女貌 láng cái nǚ mào: talented man and beautiful woman
• 识才 shí cái: to recognize talent
• 才干 cái gàn: ability
• 成才 chéng cái: to make sth of oneself
• 德才兼备 dé cái jiān bèi: having both integrity and talent (idiom)
• 天妒英才 tiān dù yīng cái: heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with
• 江郎才尽 jiāng láng cái jìn: Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
• 专业人才 zhuān yè rén cái: expert (in a field)
• 才思 cái sī: imaginative power
• 人尽其才 rén jìn qí cái: employ one's talent to the fullest
• 才怪 cái guài: it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
• 初露才华 chū lù cái huá: first sign of budding talent
• 通才 tōng cái: polymath
• 方才 fāng cái: just now
• 才高八斗 cái gāo bā dǒu: of great talent (idiom)
• 才艺秀 cái yì xiù: talent show
• 才子 cái zǐ: gifted scholar
• 博学多才 bó xué duō cái: erudite and multitalented (idiom); versatile and able
• 刚才 gāng cái: just now
• 人才外流 rén cái wài liú: brain drain
• 人才 rén cái: talent
• 奇才 qí cái: genius
• 人才流失 rén cái liú shī: brain drain
• 适才 shì cái: just now
• 社交才能 shè jiāo cái néng: social accomplishment
• 登庸人才 dēng yōng rén cái: to employ talent (idiom)
• 有才干 yǒu cái gàn: capable
• 女子无才便是德 nǚ zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé: a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
• 身才 shēn cái: stature
• 才识 cái shí: ability and insight
• 全才 quán cái: all-rounder
• 比才 bì cái: Bizet (name)
• 屈才 qū cái: to waste talent
• 大才小用 dà cái xiǎo yòng: lit. making little use of great talent
• 奴才 nú cai: slave
• 才气 cái qì: talent (usually literary or artistic)
• 聪明才智 cōng ming cái zhì: intelligence and wisdom
• 才貌双全 cái mào shuāng quán: talented and good-looking (idiom)
• 江南四大才子 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
• 才不 cái bù: by no means