才 cái
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cái
adverb
just now
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '才' 2, p. 31; Unihan '才'; XHZD '才' 3) -
cái
adverb
not until; only then
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 你去我才去 'I will only go if you go.' (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' adv 2; Sun 2006, loc 2032; XHZD '才' 3) -
cái
noun
ability; talent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' n 1; Kroll 2015 '才' 1, p. 31; Unihan '才') -
cái
noun
strength; wisdom
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '才' n 2) -
cái
proper noun
Cai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '才' n 5) -
cái
adverb
merely; barely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '才' 2, p. 31) -
cái
noun
a person of greast talent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' n 3; XHZD '才' 2)
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- 才学(才學) talent and learning; scholarship
- 秀才不出门，全知天下事(秀才不出門，全知天下事) a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world
- 却才(卻才) just now
- 辩才(辯才) eloquence
- 社交才能 social accomplishment
- 不打不成才 spare the rod and spoil the child
- 才疏德薄 lacking ability and scant virtue
- 高才 great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability
- 德薄才疏 scant virtue and lacking ability
- 身才 stature; build (height and weight); figure
- 才华横溢(才華橫溢) brimming over with talent; brilliant
- 适才(適才) just now; a moment ago
- 口才 eloquence
- 起贤才(起賢才) to promote worthy and talented people
- 才隽(才雋) outstanding talent; outstanding ability
- 自学成才(自學成才) a self-made genius
- 雄才大略 great skill and strategy
- 屈才 to waste talent
- 方才 just now
- 才高八斗 of great talent
- 才貌双全(才貌雙全) talented and good-looking
- 专业人才(專業人才) expert (in a field)
- 郎才女貌 talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple
- 才兼文武 talent in both military and civil field
- 佳人才子 beautiful lady, gifted scholar; pair of ideal lovers
- 捷才 a quick witted person
- 人才流失 brain drain; outflow of talent
- 识才(識才) to recognize talent
- 征才(徵才) to recruit
- 才能 talent; ability; capability
- 才怪 it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
- 才思 imaginative power; creativeness
- 德才兼备(德才兼備) to possess both ability and integrity
- 秀才不出门，能知天下事(秀才不出門，能知天下事) a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world
- 才气(才氣) talent
- 才德 talent and virtue
- 成才 to make something of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect
- 高才生 student of great ability; talented student
- 奇才 a genius; an outstanding person
- 才艺秀(才藝秀) talent show
- 异才(異才) extraordinary talent
- 人尽其才(人盡其才) employ one's talent to the fullest; everyone gives of their best
- 聪明才智(聰明才智) intelligence and wisdom
- 通才 polymath; all-round person
- 辩才无碍(辯才無礙) able to speak eloquently
- 才疏学浅(才疏學淺) (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning; Pray forgive my ignorance,...
- 不才 untalented
- 江郎才尽(江郎才盡) Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent; to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block
- 鬼才信 who would believe it!; what rubbish!
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