才能

Chinese

		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (才能)		才	能
simp. ^#(才能)		才	能

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáinéng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ nang⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhòi-nèn

(Meixian, Guangdong): coi² nen²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): châi-lêng / châi-nn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): cai⁵ nêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáinéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄋㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáinéng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-nêng²
  - Yale: tsái-néng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairneng
  - Palladius: цайнэн (cajnɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi⁴ nang⁴
  - Yale: chòih nàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ nang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ neng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ nɐŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi-nèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: coi^ˇ nen^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: coi² nen²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ nen¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: coi² nen²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoɪ¹¹ nən¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsâi-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaileeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-nn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tsâi-nn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zainngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cai⁵ nêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâi nêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ neŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzoj nong

Rime
Character	才	能
Reading #	1/2	2/4
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	昨哉切	奴登切
Baxter	dzoj	nong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zʌi/	/nəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zəi/	/nəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɒi/	/nəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zəj/	/nəŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡zᴀi/	/nəŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zɒi/	/nəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑ̆i/	/nəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cái	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi⁴	nang⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤə nˤə(ʔ)/

(Zhengzhang): /*zlɯː nɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	才	能
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cái	néng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzoj ›	‹ nong ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁə/	/nˁə(ʔ)/ (~ nˁəŋ)
English	talent, ability	able; ability
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	才	能
Reading #	1/2	3/4
No.	1061	9415
Phonetic component	才	能
Rime group	之	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	裁	能
Old Chinese	/*zlɯː/	/*nɯːŋ/

Noun

才能

ability; talent; competence
(literary) person of talent

Synonyms

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一手
人才 (réncái)
伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
俊才 (jùncái)
兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力量 (lìliàng)
功力 (gōnglì)
功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
才具 (cáijù) (formal)
才力 (cáilì)
才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
才情 (cáiqíng)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
手法 (shǒufǎ)
手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
手腕 (shǒuwàn)
手腕子 (shou³ onn³ zr) (Xiang)
才華／才华 (cáihuá)
技巧 (jìqiǎo)
把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
技能 (jìnéng)
技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
技術／技术 (jìshù)
招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
本事
本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
能力 (nénglì)
能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
能量 (néngliàng)
花頭／花头 (Wu)
著數／着数
解數／解数
資力／资力 (zīlì)
路數／路数 (lùshù)
身手 (shēnshǒu)
道行

Derived terms

Related terms

才學／才学 (cáixué)
才智 (cáizhì)
學問／学问 (xuéwèn)
智慧 (zhìhuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (才能):

→ Japanese: 才能(さいのう) (sainō)
→ Korean: 재능(才能) (jaeneung)
→ Vietnamese: tài năng (才能)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
才	能
さい Grade: 2	のう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

才(さい)能(のう) • (sainō)

ability, talent
才能(さいのう)が貧(まず)しい
sainō ga mazushii
I'm poor in ability.

才能(さいのう)を伸(の)ばす
sainō o nobasu
I will extend my abilities.

Korean

Hanja in this term
才	能

Noun

才能 • (jaeneung) (hangeul 재능)

hanja form^? of 재능 (“talent, ability”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
才	能

Noun

才能

chữ Hán form of tài năng (“talent”).