才 cái
-
adverb
just now
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '才' 2, p. 31; Unihan '才'; XHZD '才' 3) -
adverb
not until; only then
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 你去我才去 'I will only go if you go.' (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' adv 2; Sun 2006, loc 2032; XHZD '才' 3) -
noun
ability; talent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' n 1; Kroll 2015 '才' 1, p. 31; Unihan '才') -
noun
strength; wisdom
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '才' n 2) -
proper noun
Cai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '才' n 5) -
adverb
merely; barely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '才' 2, p. 31) -
noun
a person of greast talent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '才'; Guoyu '才' n 3; XHZD '才' 2) -
noun
excellence; bhaga
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhaga, Japanese: sai, or: zai (BCSD '才', p. 539; MW 'bhaga'; Unihan '才')
Contained in
- 辩才天女(辯才天女) Sarasvati
- 端正殊好辩才足(端正殊好辯才足) blessed with outstanding eloquence
- 钱，用了才是自己的(錢，用了才是自己的) Only wealth well spent is really yours to keep
- 辩才无碍(辯才無礙) able to speak eloquently ; supreme eloquence ; unhindered eloquence; able to distinguish subtle points in Buddhist teachings
- 给人利用才有价值(給人利用才有價值) being used by others shows one's true worth
- 有理想，才有实践(有理想，才有實踐) Nothing can come true without a dream
- 有播种，才会有收成(有播種，才會有收成) One must sow before you can reap
- 平常一样窗前月 才有梅花便不同(平常一樣窗前月 才有梅花便不同) In the presence of plum blossoms; The same moon outside the window is then different.
- 投入才能深入 付出才能杰出 平凡才能不凡 磨练才能熟练(投入才能深入 付出才能傑出 平凡才能不凡 磨練才能熟練) Only commitment leads to depth, Only devotion leads to excellence, Only by being ordinary can one be extraordinary, Only training leads to skilfulness.
- 上封本才 Shangfeng Bencai
Also contained in
秀才 、 江南四大才子 、 才干 、 才调 、 才力 、 秀才不出门，能知天下事 、 起贤才 、 有才干 、 才德 、 才分 、 通才教育 、 才疏德薄 、 人才外流 、 大才 、 怀才不遇 、 才怪 、 高才 、 天才出自勤奋 、 多才 、 男才女貌 、 庸才 、 才外流 、 雄才大略 、 屈才 、 博学多才 、 恃才傲物 、 真才 、 才高八斗 、 天妒英才 、 才华出众 、 江郎才尽 、 鬼才信 、 异才 、 才子佳人 、 郎才女貌 、 才俊 、 女子无才便是德 、 德才兼备 、 才学 、 秀才不出门，全知天下事 、 才兼文武
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 5 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 91
- Scroll 1 Śrīkaṇṭhasūtra (Fo Shuo Chu Kong Zai Huan Jing) 佛說除恐災患經 — count: 30
- Scroll 4 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 16
- Scroll 3 A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang 洛陽伽藍記 — count: 13 , has English translation
- Scroll 8 A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty 大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳 — count: 13 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 Jingang Xian Lun 金剛仙論 — count: 11
- Scroll 2 Adbhutadharmparyāya (Fo Shuo Wei Ceng You Yinyuan Jing) 佛說未曾有因緣經 — count: 11
- Scroll 7 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 11 , has English translation
- Scroll 62 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 11
- Scroll 6 Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳 — count: 10 , has English translation