Read Edit View history 才能 cáinéng HSK3 can then Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 才能 cáinéng can then adverbconjunction Used to show that a specific condition must be met before something else can happen, often following 只有 zhǐyǒu, meaning "only then can..." or "only if...". 只有我才能保护你。 zhǐyǒu wǒ cáinéng bǎohù nǐ. Only I can protect you. 这是只有父母才能做的事情。 zhè shì zhǐyǒu fùmǔ cáinéng zuò de shìqing. This is something only parents can do. ability noun talent; capacity; a person's knowledge and skill 我没有写作的才能。 wǒ méiyǒu xiězuò de cáinéng. I have no talent for writing. Frequency Movie subtitles 8.82 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 202.9 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Variant of 材能 cáinéngSee 只有 zhǐyǒuSynonym 才力 cáilì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
才能 cáinéng can then adverbconjunction Used to show that a specific condition must be met before something else can happen, often following 只有 zhǐyǒu, meaning "only then can..." or "only if...". 只有我才能保护你。 zhǐyǒu wǒ cáinéng bǎohù nǐ. Only I can protect you. 这是只有父母才能做的事情。 zhè shì zhǐyǒu fùmǔ cáinéng zuò de shìqing. This is something only parents can do. ability noun talent; capacity; a person's knowledge and skill 我没有写作的才能。 wǒ méiyǒu xiězuò de cáinéng. I have no talent for writing. Frequency Movie subtitles 8.82 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 202.9 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Variant of 材能 cáinéngSee 只有 zhǐyǒuSynonym 才力 cáilì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)