蔡 cài

1. cài proper noun Cai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蔡'; Guoyu '蔡' n 4; Kroll 2015 '蔡' 4, p. 31; Unihan '蔡')
2. cài noun tortoise; large turtle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '蔡' n 2; Kroll 2015 '蔡' 1, p. 31; Unihan '蔡')
3. cài noun shrubs; grasses
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '蔡' n 1; Kroll 2015 '蔡' 2, p. 31)
4. cài proper noun Cai
   Domain: History 历史
   Notes: Name of a state during the Zhou dynasty, in preent-day Henan (Guoyu '蔡' n 3; Kroll 2015 '蔡' 3, p. 31)
5. sà verb to exile; to banish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '蔡' sà v 1; Kroll 2015 '蔡' sà 1, p. 31)
6. sà verb to reduce; to dimiish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蔡' sà 2, p. 31)

Contained in

• 蔡李佛(蔡李彿) Cai Li Fo
• 陈蔡之厄(陳蔡之厄) to run into difficulties on a trip from the state of Chen to Cai

Also contained in

新蔡 、 蔡志忠 、 蔡仲胡 、 蔡伦 、 蔡甸区 、 蔡英文 、 蔡襄 、 痞子蔡 、 新蔡县 、 蔡仲 、 蔡元培 、 蔡廷锴 、 蔡锷 、 上蔡县 、 蔡仲之命 、 蔡甸 、 蔡邕 、 蔡东藩 、 蔡国强 、 上蔡 、 蔡司公司 、 蔡依林

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 96
• 《管蔡世家》 Houses of Guan and Cai Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 54
• 卷二百十二 表第三 宰輔三 Volume 212 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 49
• 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 45
• 卷二百一十四 列傳第一百三十九 藩鎮宣武彰義澤潞 Volume 214 Biographies 139: Buffer Regions - Xuanwu's Zhangyize Road New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 42
• 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 42
• 卷一百十九　列傳第五十七:　粘葛奴申 劉天起 完顏婁室三人大婁室、中婁室、小婁室 烏古論鎬 張天綱 完顏仲德 Volume 119 Biographies 57: Zhange Nushen, Liu Tianqi, WanyanLoushisanrendaloushi, Zhong Loushi, Xiao Loushi, Wu Gu Lungao, Zhang Tiangang, Wanyan Zhongde History of Jin 金史 — count: 40
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 37
• 卷四百七十一 列傳第二百三十 姦臣一 蔡確 吳處厚 邢恕 呂惠卿 章惇 曾布 安惇 Volume 471 Biographies 230: Treacherous Officials 1 - Cai Que, Wu Chuhou, Xing Shu, Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dun, Ceng Bu, An Dun History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
• 定公 Lord Ding The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 32

Collocations

• 蔡侯 (蔡侯) 蔡侯考父卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 58
• 蔡人 (蔡人) 蔡人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 34
• 侵蔡 (侵蔡) 曹伯侵蔡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 12
• 陈蔡 (陳蔡) 以陳蔡之密邇於楚 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
• 葬蔡 (葬蔡) 葬蔡宣公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
• 蔡公 (蔡公) 使棄疾為蔡公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 在蔡 (在蔡) 楚師在蔡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 蔡朝 (蔡朝) 蔡朝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 围蔡 (圍蔡) 楚公子杞疾帥師圍蔡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 蔡叔 (蔡叔) 囚蔡叔于郭鄰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 蔡仲之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to Zhong of Cai — count: 5