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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 才干

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
才干 cái gàn - ability
- competence

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
6 - 15,699 23,001 24,710

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
gān- surname Gan
gān- (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
- one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1]
- (archaic) shield
gān- old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
gān- surname Gan
gān- dry
- dried food
- empty; hollow
- taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
- futile; in vain
- (dialect) rude; blunt
- (dialect) to cold-shoulder
gān- variant of 乾|干[gan1]
gàn- tree trunk
- main part of sth
- to manage
- to work
- to do
- capable
- cadre
- to kill (slang)
- to fuck (vulgar)
- (coll.) pissed off
- annoyed

Other Words Containing 才干

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
才干 6 - 15,699 23,001 24,710