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才
cái
1.
ability
2.
talent
3.
sb of a certain type
4.
a capable individual
5.
only
6.
only then
7.
just now
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不才
bùcái
untalented
人才
réncái
talent
偏才
piāncái
talent in a particular area
全才
quáncái
all-rounder
刚才
gāngcái
just now
刚才
gāngcái
(just) a moment ago
却才
quècái
just now
口才
kǒucái
eloquence
多才
duōcái
multi-talented
天才
tiāncái
talent
奇才
qícái
genius
奴才
núcai
slave
将才
jiàngcái
talented field commander (military)
屈才
qūcái
to waste talent
干才
gàncái
ability
庸才
yōngcái
mediocrity
德才
décái
ethics and ability
成才
chéngcái
to make sth of oneself
才不
cáibù
by no means
才分
cáifèn
ability
Example Sentences (10)
每个人都希望自己健康，那么什么才是健康呢？
Měi gè rén dōu xīwàng zìjǐ jiànkāng, nàme shénme cái shì jiànkāng ne?
Everyone wants to be healthy, so what is health?
Text 4
只有让他们觉得你教的内容有趣，他们才会愿意努力学习。
Zhǐyǒu ràng tāmen juéde nǐ jiāo de nèiróng yǒuqù, tāmen cái huì yuànyì nǔlì xuéxí.
Only if they find what you teach interesting will they be willing to study hard.
Text 5
有的人认为，工资高、能赚钱就是幸福；有的人认为，心情放松、身体健康才是幸福；也有人认为，能帮助别人就是一种幸福。
Yǒu de rén rènwéi, gōngzī gāo, néng zhuànqián jiù shì xìngfú; yǒu de rén rènwéi, xīnqíng fàngsōng, shēntǐ jiànkāng cái shì xìngfú; yě yǒu rén rènwéi, néng bāngzhù biérén jiù shì yì zhǒng xìngfú.
Some people think that a high salary and being able to make money is happiness; some people think that a relaxed mood and good health are happiness; others think that being able to help others is a kind of happiness.
Text 5
十年过去了，现在他已经是校长了，因为太忙，每天早上我起床后都看不到他，晚上很晚他才回到家。
Shí nián guòqù le, xiànzài tā yǐjīng shì xiàozhǎng le, yīnwèi tài máng, měitiān zǎoshang wǒ qǐchuáng hòu dōu kàn bú dào tā, wǎnshang hěn wǎn tā cái huídào jiā.
Ten years have passed. Now he is already the principal. Because he's so busy, every morning after I get up I can't see him, and he doesn't get home until very late at night.
Text 4
您从大学毕业开始工作，到现在才十年时间，怎么给公司赚了这么多钱？这让我非常吃惊。我想向您学习一下成功的经验。
Nín cóng dàxué bìyè kāishǐ gōngzuò, dào xiànzài cái shí nián shíjiān, zěnme gěi gōngsī zhuàn le zhème duō qián? Zhè ràng wǒ fēicháng chījīng. Wǒ xiǎng xiàng nín xuéxí yíxià chénggōng de jīngyàn.
You started working after graduating from university, and it’s only been ten years up to now. How did you make the company so much money? This really surprises me. I want to learn from you about your successful experience.
Text 2
在我看来，赚钱多少不是最重要的，兴趣才是关键。只有做自己喜欢的事，才会觉得幸福，将来也会有更好的发展。
Zài wǒ kànlái, zhuànqián duōshǎo bú shì zuì zhòngyào de, xìngqù cái shì guānjiàn. Zhǐyǒu zuò zìjǐ xǐhuān de shì, cái huì juéde xìngfú, jiānglái yě huì yǒu gèng hǎo de fāzhǎn.
In my view, how much money you make isn't the most important; interest is the key. Only by doing what you like will you feel happy, and you'll also have better prospects in the future.
Text 3
你怎么这么早就要睡觉了？以前都要12点以后才睡觉。
Nǐ zěnme zhème zǎo jiù yào shuìjiào le? Yǐqián dōu yào shí'èr diǎn yǐhòu cái shuìjiào.
Why are you going to sleep so early? You used to not go to bed until after 12 o'clock.
Text 1
后来，随着人们对茶的认识的加深，慢慢开始把它当作解渴的饮料，这才慢慢有了中国的茶文化。
Hòulái, suízhe rénmen duì chá de rènshi de jiāshēn, mànmàn kāishǐ bǎ tā dàngzuò jiěkě de yǐnliào, zhè cái mànmàn yǒu le zhōngguó de chá wénhuà.
Later, as people's understanding of tea deepened, they slowly began to treat it as a thirst-quenching drink, and only then did Chinese tea culture gradually emerge.
Text 5
在我看来，赚钱多少不是最重要的，兴趣才是关键。只有做自己喜欢的事，才会觉得幸福，将来也会有更好的发展。
Zài wǒ kànlái, zhuànqián duōshǎo bú shì zuì zhòngyào de, xìngqù cái shì guānjiàn. Zhǐyǒu zuò zìjǐ xǐhuān de shì, cái huì juéde xìngfú, jiānglái yě huì yǒu gèng hǎo de fāzhǎn.
In my view, how much money you make isn't the most important; interest is the key. Only by doing what you like will you feel happy, and you'll also have better prospects in the future.
Text 3
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 234
- Word Frequency Rank
- 177 of 84,292