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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
cái - ability; talent
- sb of a certain type
- a capable individual
- then and only then
- just now
- (before an expression of quantity) only
cái - (variant of 才[cai2]) just now
- (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 120 148 109

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A sprout growing in the ground, representing a budding talent

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 120 148 109
刚才 3 2 538 1,762 1,428
天才 6 5 2,329 6,536 4,555
才华 - 7 4,126 10,224 7,739
人才 5 3 4,406 951 2,186
才能 - 3 5,796 608 492
才华横溢 - - 10,206 33,007 19,386
才干 6 - 15,699 23,001 24,710
多才多艺 - - 15,946 33,326 24,251
才智 - - 16,552 28,994 28,028
口才 - 8 17,069 20,690 11,474
聪明才智 - - 19,397 27,473 34,343
奇才 - - 20,031 15,024 18,024
奴才 - - 25,002 18,419 14,415
才气 - - 27,406 25,099 11,236
江郎才尽 - - 29,754 73,011 37,320
全才 - - 31,377 55,515 33,856
才子 - - 33,281 21,831 13,944
才女 - - 33,828 21,662 12,351
庸才 - - 35,664 67,767 44,546
自学成才 - - 35,736 52,393 39,045
成才 - 9 36,772 18,205 24,872
鬼才信 - - 37,648 - -
方才 - - 38,186 9,758 19,500
高才生 - - 44,951 72,118 65,508
才学 - - 46,257 33,113 20,013
人才济济 - - 46,301 38,429 25,981
才艺秀 - - 47,849 - -
屈才 - - 48,274 84,732 49,391
辩才 - - 49,182 101,259 72,845
才思 - - 54,848 86,872 59,715
秀才 - - 63,904 20,471 20,338
真才实学 - - 68,367 47,885 55,355
贤才 - - 69,932 62,107 65,941
鬼才 - - 71,963 37,926 22,020
不才 - - 76,687 42,119 26,439
才识 - - 77,490 85,291 75,314
才分 - - 83,658 67,639 59,447
干才 - - 95,220 93,697 71,172