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  coi4   jyutping
  cai2   pinyin
[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

noun
Stroke count: 3
Level: 2
Radical: (#64)

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

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This word has been viewed 12663 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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detail  coi4 zi2  cai2 zi3 = talented male; a talented or brilliant person; a genius
detail  gong1 coi4  gang1 cai2 = just then
detail  tin1 coi4  tian1 cai2 = genius
detail  jan4 coi4  ren2 cai2 = a talented person; human resources
detail  coi4 hei3  cai2 qi4 = literary talent
detail  coi4 si1  cai2 si1 = creativeness, imaginative power, brilliant insight
detail  coi4 nang4  cai2 neng2 = talent; aptitude; ability
detail  coi4 zi3  cai2 zhi4 = ability and wisdom
detail  coi4 gon3  cai2 gan4 = ability; competence
detail  coi4 si6  cai2 shi4 = only then is...
See all 52 compounds (CantoDict reports 53 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 才
detail 冇用緊要才華
Looks are nothing... the most important thing is talent.
detail 剛才媽媽雌威從來未見
Mother was so angry just now that she was awesome; I have never seen her like this before.
detail 只有庸才留戀大鍋飯年代
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.

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