多才多艺
duōcáiduōyì
versatile, gifted in many ways
Characters in this word
才 cái
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
艺 yì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 乙 second
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我的表哥多才多艺，会画画，会弹琴，还会做饭。 Wǒ de biǎogē duōcái duōyì, huì huàhuà, huì tánqín, hái huì zuòfàn. My cousin is very versatile: he can paint, play an instrument and cook too.
- 他不但成绩好，而且多才多艺，是学校的明星。 Tā bùdàn chéngjì hǎo, érqiě duōcái duōyì, shì xuéxiào de míngxīng. Not only are his grades good, he is also talented in many ways, a star of the school.
- 要想成为多才多艺的人，就得多学多练。 Yào xiǎng chéngwéi duōcái duōyì de rén, jiù děi duō xué duō liàn. To become a person of many talents, you have to study and practise a lot.