| 才 | 1A20 10.00 | 部居  | 畫數 3 | ㄘㄞˊ [cai2] | ||
| N. | (1) Ability, aptitude, natural gift: 才能，才幹，才力，etc., [cai2neng2], [cai2gan4], [cai2li4]↓; 文才，詩才 literary, poetic gift. (2) Person in regard to capability, personality, character: 人才 useful person; 沒有人才 lacking in capable men; 幹才 practical ability, person with such ability; 天才 genius; 奴才 (contempt.) slave; 蠢才 (abuse) dullard, idiot, imbecile; 大才小用 an able man given a small job; 英才，高才 great talent; 小有才 (person) gifted with a fair degree of cleverness, possesses certain but limited abilities; 才難 really able men are difficult to come by; (closely related 材 timber, 10B.00). | |||||
| Adv. | (1) (Emphatic assertion, similar to German doch) indeed: 那我才不怕 I'm certainly not afraid of that; 那才妙了 would indeed be fun (if it should happen); 你才是我所喜歡的人 you (not anybody else) are the one I love. (2) Just, just now (in place of awkward character 纔): 剛才 just now; 才晴又雨 sky has just cleared and now it rains again; 才要開飯客人來了 just as we were sitting down to dinner, a guest appeared. | |||||
| Words | 1. 才氣 [cai2qi4] ([cai2qi0]), n., rich talent, brilliance of mind. 2. 才情 [cai2qing2], n., great ability, esp. litr. aptitude. 3. 才調 [cai2diao4], n., see [cai2qi4]↑. 4. 才分 [cai2fen4], n., inborn ability. 5. 才幹 [cai2gan4] ([cai2gan0]), n., practical ability. 6. 才華 [cai2hua2], n., see [cai2qi4]↑. 7. 才智 [cai2zhi4], n., wisdom and ability. 8. 才具 [cai2jU4], n., aptitude, capability (of person). 9. 才力 [cai2li4], n., force of personality, spirit. 10. 才略 [cai2lUe4], n., resourcefulness, political ability. 11. 才貌 [cai2mao4], n., personal appearance as reflecting ability. 12. 才名 [cai2ming2], n., literary reputation. 13. 才能 [cai2neng2], n., natural gift, talent, litr. or practical ability. 14. 才人 [cai2ren2], n., talented scholar. 15. 才士 [cai2shi4], n., good scholars. 16. 才學 [cai2xUe2] ([cai2xUe0]), n., ability and learning, person's scholarship. 17. 才思 [cai2si1], n., brilliance in writing. 18. 才藻 [cai2zao3], n., see [cai2si1]↑. 19. 才子 [cai2zi3], n., (1) brilliant writer; (2) 才子佳人小說 popular romance with a handsome scholar and a pretty girl. 20. 才悟 [cai2wu4], n., aptitude for understanding. 21. 才  [cai2ying3], n., intellectual brilliance.22. 才媛 [cai2yUan2], n., a gifted maiden. | |||||