Chinese word dictionary

才能

cáinéng · talent; ability; capacity

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Word information

Simplified才能

Traditional才能

Pinyincáinéng

Part of speech名

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

才cái

ability, talent, gift; just, only

能néng

can, may; capable, full of energy

How to learn 才能

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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才cái

ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now

能néng

can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy; surname Neng

可能kěnéng

might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]

才cái

(variant of 才[cai2]) just now; (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only; ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only

刚才gāngcái

just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2]); just now; a moment ago

只能zhǐnéng

can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice