才 (coi4 | cai2) : talent; natural abilities

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才

coi4

cai2

[1] [n] talent; natural abilities; gift; mental faculty
[2] [n] gifted person; talented person; brilliant man; talent
[3] people of a certain type
[4] certainly; indeed
[5] just; just now

Stroke count: 3

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

才

Don't confuse with:
寸

This word has been viewed 14980 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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才子 coi4 zi2 cai2 zi3 = talented male; a talented or brilliant person; a genius

剛才 gong1 coi4 gang1 cai2 = just then 國

天才 tin1 coi4 tian1 cai2 = genius

人才 jan4 coi4 ren2 cai2 = a talented person; human resources

才氣 coi4 hei3 cai2 qi4 = literary talent

才思 coi4 si1 cai2 si1 = creativeness, imaginative power, brilliant insight

才能 coi4 nang4 cai2 neng2 = talent; aptitude; ability

才智 coi4 zi3 cai2 zhi4 = ability and wisdom

才幹 coi4 gon3 cai2 gan4 = ability; competence

才是 coi4 si6 cai2 shi4 = only then is...
See all 52 compounds (CantoDict reports 53 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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靚係冇用嘅，最緊要係有才華粵
Looks are nothing... the most important thing is talent.

剛才媽媽大發雌威，我從來未見過佢噉粵
Mother was so angry just now that she was awesome; I have never seen her like this before.

只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。國
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 才
Unicode code for this character: U+624d (off-site link)

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