才 cái
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
才干
cáigàn
ability; talent; competence
Characters in this word
干 gān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这位新同事很有才干，什么难题到他手里都能解决。 Zhè wèi xīn tóngshì hěn yǒu cáigàn, shénme nántí dào tā shǒu lǐ dōu néng jiějué. This new colleague is very capable, and any problem can be solved in his hands.
- 年轻人要多做事，才能增长才干。 Niánqīngrén yào duō zuò shì, cáinéng zēngzhǎng cáigàn. Young people should do more, so that they can build up their abilities.
- 老板很欣赏她的才干，让她负责整个部门。 Lǎobǎn hěn xīnshǎng tā de cáigàn, ràng tā fùzé zhěnggè bùmén. The boss really appreciates her ability and put her in charge of the whole department.
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
- 才华 cáihuá talent
- 多才多艺 duōcáiduōyì versatile, gifted in many ways
- 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
- 干 gān dry