- 才能 cáinéng talentnatural or acquired ability, skill, or capacity to perform tasks effectively
- 刚才 gāngcái just nowreferring to a time in the immediate past; a moment ago
- 人才 réncái talenta person of talent, ability, or skill
- 天才 tiāncái geniusa person endowed with exceptional intellectual or creative power
- 才华 cáihuá talentliterary or artistic talent
- 方才 fāngcái just nowa moment ago; recently
- 奇才 qícái geniusa person of exceptional talent or ability; a genius
- 才艺 cáiyì talenttalent; skill
- 才华横溢 cáihuáhéngyì brilliantbrimming over with talent, especially in a literary or artistic context
- 成才 chéngcái become talentedto become a useful or capable person; to achieve professional or personal success
- 奴才 núcai flunkeya submissive or fawning person; a sycophant or lackey who lacks integrity
- 秀才 xiùcai licentiatea person who has passed the entry-level (county) imperial civil service examination in ancient China
- 口才 kǒucái eloquence
- 才女 cáinǚ talented womana gifted or talented woman
- 才子 cáizǐ gifted scholar
- 才干 cáigàn abilitythe competence, talent, or practical skill to handle affairs and solve problems
- 适才 shìcái just nowjust now; a moment ago (often used in early vernacular)
- 才气 cáiqì talenttalent (usually literary or artistic)
- 聪明才智 cōngmingcáizhì intelligence and talentintelligence and ability
- 多才多艺 duōcáiduōyì multitalented
- 才智 cáizhì intellectability and wisdom
- 德才兼备 décáijiānbèi virtuous and talented(idiom) possessing both integrity and talent
- 才学 cáixué scholarshiptalent and learning; academic knowledge combined with innate ability
- 鬼才 guǐcái geniuscreative genius
- 人才济济 réncáijǐjǐ abundant talenta galaxy of talent; a situation where there are a great number of competent and gifted individuals
- 育才 yùcái nurture talentto cultivate or educate talented individuals; the practice of fostering skill and potential in students.
- 不才 bùcái Ia humble first-person pronoun used by the speaker to refer to themselves
- 人尽其才 rénjìnqícái talent utilizationto employ everyone's talent to the fullest; to make the best use of personnel so that everyone can give of their best
- 真才实学 zhēncáishíxué genuine talenttrue ability and solid knowledge or learning
- 怀才不遇 huáicáibùyù unrecognizedto possess talent but meet with no opportunity to exercise it or fail to receive recognition
- 自学成才 zìxuéchéngcái self-taughtto become a talent through self-study
- 江郎才尽 Jiānglángcáijìn creative exhaustionto have used up one's creative powers or talent; to suffer from writer's block
- 高才 gāocái prodigya person of outstanding ability or rare talent
- 全才 quáncái all-roundera person with a wide range of skills or many talents; a versatile individual
- 才子佳人 cáizǐjiārén gifted pairA talented scholar and a beautiful woman, referring specifically to the archetypal characters in traditional Chinese literature.
- 雄才大略 xióngcáidàlüè great vision and talentgreat skill and strategy
- 通才 tōngcái polymatha person with wide-ranging knowledge or multi-disciplinary expertise; an all-rounder
- 冯骥才 Féng Jìcái Feng JicaiFeng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary People in Our Ordinary World ([[俗世奇人|俗世奇人|su2 shi4 qi2 ren2]])
- 将才 jiàngcái talented commandertalented field commander (military)
- 贤才 xiáncái talenta person of both integrity and ability; a genius or highly capable individual
- 德才 décái virtue and talentmoral integrity and professional competence
- 庸才 yōngcái mediocritya person of mediocre or average ability
- 才分 cáifèn talentnatural ability or aptitude
- 鬼才信 guǐcáixìn disbeliefan exclamation expressing strong skepticism or the idea that nobody would believe a statement
- 郎才女貌 lángcáinǚmào ideal couplea well-matched couple, traditionally referring to a talented man and a beautiful woman
- 怪才 guàicái eccentric geniusan eccentric or quirky genius
- 高才生 gāocáishēng top studenta student of great ability or high academic achievement
- 求才 qiúcái recruit talentto seek talented individuals; to recruit talent
- 博学多才 bóxuéduōcái erudite and multitalentederudite and multitalented; versatile and able
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH