才 cái
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
才华
cáihuá
talent
Characters in this word
华 huá
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她的才华早已得到认可，只是缺少一个真正展示自己的舞台。 Tā de cáihuá zǎo yǐ dédào rènkě, zhǐshì quēshǎo yí gè zhēnzhèng zhǎnshì zìjǐ de wǔtái. Her talent has long been recognised; she simply lacks a stage on which to truly show herself.
- 这位年轻画家很有才华。 Zhè wèi niánqīng huàjiā hěn yǒu cáihuá. This young painter is very talented.
- 老师发现了他在音乐上的才华，鼓励他继续学下去。 Lǎoshī fāxiàn le tā zài yīnyuè shàng de cáihuá, gǔlì tā jìxù xué xiàqu. The teacher noticed his musical talent and encouraged him to keep learning.
Related words
- 才 cái only just
- 刚才 gāngcái just now
- 才能 cáinéng talent; ability
- 人才 réncái talented person
- 才 cái talent
- 天才 tiāncái genius
- 多才多艺 duōcáiduōyì versatile, gifted in many ways
- 才干 cáigàn ability; talent; competence
- 成才 chéngcái to become a useful or accomplished person
- 德才兼备 décáijiānbèi to have both moral integrity and ability
- 口才 kǒucái eloquence; gift of speech
- 华人 huárén ethnic Chinese person