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)
Contained in
- 人尽其才(人盡其才) employ one's talent to the fullest; everyone gives of their best
- 干才(幹才) ability; capable
- 人才流失 brain drain; outflow of talent
- 才隽(才雋) outstanding talent; outstanding ability
- 才干(才幹) ability; competence
- 怀才不遇(懷才不遇) to have talent but no opportunity; to be an unrecognized talent
- 才轻德薄(才輕德薄) lacking ability and scant virtue
- 恃才傲物 to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
- 才兼文武 talent in both military and civil field
- 有才干(有才幹) capable
- 男才女貌 talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple
- 自学成才(自學成才) a self-made genius
- 口才 eloquence
- 才貌 ability and beauty
- 高才生 student of great ability; talented student
- 将才(將才) talented field commander
- 才德 talent and virtue
- 社交才能 social accomplishment
- 通才教育 liberal education; general education
- 秀才 a talented person ; a person who has passed the imperial exams at the county level ; a scholar
- 捷才 a quick witted person
- 才子 gifted scholar
- 才华盖世(才華蓋世) peerless talent; incomparable artistic merit
- 才然(纔然) just recently; just a moment ago; just now
- 才艺技能(才藝技能) talent
- 天才 talent ; talented person; a genius
- 奇才 a genius; an outstanding person
- 佳人才子 beautiful lady, gifted scholar; pair of ideal lovers
- 雄才大略 great skill and strategy
- 甄才品能 able to discern talent
- 才女 talented girl
- 才怪 it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
- 甄别人才(甄別人才) able to discern talent
- 人才外流 brain drain
- 识才尊贤(識才尊賢) to recognize talent and have great respect for it
- 起贤才(起賢才) to promote worthy and talented people
- 多才多艺(多才多藝) multi-talented
- 身才 stature; build (height and weight); figure
- 女子无才便是德(女子無才便是德) a woman's virtue is to have no talent
- 异才(異才) extraordinary talent
- 才疏德薄 lacking ability and scant virtue
- 真才实学(真才實學) true ability and real learning
- 屈才 to waste talent
- 奴才 a slave; a servant ; a flunky ; mediocrity
- 征才(徵才) to recruit
- 趬才 agile
- 方才 just now
- 博学多才(博學多才) erudite and multi-talented; versatile and able
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