才能

才能

Chinese

		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
simp. and trad. (才能)		才	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáinéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ nang⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòi-nèn
• Min Nan (POJ): châi-nn̂g / châi-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cáinéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairneng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ nang⁴
    • Yale: chòih nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ neng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːy̯²¹ nɐŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: coiˇ nenˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi² nen²
    • IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ nen¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zainngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saɪ²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaileeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saɪ²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡saɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saɪ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

才能

1. ability; talent; competence

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 才能

一手 (yīshǒu) 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary) 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu) 功力 (gōnglì) 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts) 手段 (shǒuduàn) 手法 (shǒufǎ) 手眼 (shǒuyǎn) 手腕 (shǒuwàn) 才力 (cáilì) 才幹／才干 (cáigàn) 技巧 (jìqiǎo) 技能 (jìnéng)

技藝／技艺 (jìyì) 技術／技术 (jìshù) 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal) 本事 (běnshì) 本領／本领 (běnlǐng) 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese) 能力 (nénglì) 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal) 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial) 解數／解数 (xièshù) 身手 (shēnshǒu) 道行 (dàohéng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
才	能
さい Grade: 2	のう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

才能 (hiragana さいのう, rōmaji sainō)

1. ability, talent

   才能 (さいのう)が貧 (まず)しい

   sainō ga mazushii

   I'm poor in ability.

   才能 (さいのう)を伸 (の)ばす

   sainō o nobasu

   I will extend my abilities.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
才	能

Noun

才能 • (jaeneung) (hangeul 재능)

1. Hanja form^? of 재능 (“talent, ability”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
才	能

Noun

才能

1. Hán tự form of tài năng (“talent”).