才 cái

1. 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)
2. 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)
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')
4. cái noun strength; wisdom
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '才' n 2)
5. cái proper noun Cai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '才' n 5)
6. cái adverb merely; barely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '才' 2, p. 31)
7. 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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• 才思 imaginative power; creativeness
• 全才 an all-rounder
• 成才 to make something of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect
• 才外流 brain drain
• 通才教育 liberal education; general education
• 却才(卻才) just now
• 趬才 agile
• 天才出自勤奋(天才出自勤奮) genius comes from hard effort
• 口才 eloquence
• 才艺(才藝) talent
• 天才 talent ; talented person; a genius
• 自学成才(自學成才) a self-made genius
• 才气(才氣) talent
• 才华盖世(才華蓋世) peerless talent; incomparable artistic merit
• 偏才 talent in a particular area
• 才女 talented girl
• 才力 skill; ability ; amount of money
• 辩才无碍(辯才無礙) able to speak eloquently
• 才德 talent and virtue
• 才子 gifted scholar
• 秀才 a talented person ; a person who has passed the imperial exams at the county level ; a scholar
• 佳人才子 beautiful lady, gifted scholar; pair of ideal lovers
• 多才 multi-talented
• 真才实学(真才實學) true ability and real learning
• 才华横溢(才華橫溢) brimming over with talent; brilliant
• 才能 talent; ability; capability
• 才然(纔然) just recently; just a moment ago; just now
• 将才(將才) talented field commander
• 识才(識才) to recognize talent
• 才华(才華) talent
• 不打不成才 spare the rod and spoil the child
• 人才 a talented person ; talent
• 人尽其才(人盡其才) employ one's talent to the fullest; everyone gives of their best
• 才艺技能(才藝技能) talent
• 才士 a person of literary or artistic talent
• 屈才 to waste talent
• 鬼才信 who would believe it!; what rubbish!
• 刚才(剛才) a moment ago ; (just) a moment ago
• 不才 untalented
• 适才(適才) just now; a moment ago
• 人才外流 brain drain
• 才疏德薄 lacking ability and scant virtue
• 博学多才(博學多才) erudite and multi-talented; versatile and able
• 量才录用(量才錄用) judge ability and use a person accordingly
• 才干(才幹) ability; competence
• 德薄才疏 scant virtue and lacking ability
• 怀才不遇(懷才不遇) to have talent but no opportunity; to be an unrecognized talent
• 通才 polymath; all-round person
• 女子无才便是德(女子無才便是德) a woman's virtue is to have no talent
• 贤才(賢才) a genius; an outstanding person

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