才幹

See also: 才干

Chinese

		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (才幹)		才	幹
simp. (才干)		才	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáigàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄍㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ gon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-kàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáigàn → cáigan (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄍㄢˋ → ㄘㄞˊ ˙ㄍㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáigån
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-kan⁵
    • Yale: tsái-gan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair.gann
    • Palladius: цайгань (cajganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ kän⁵¹/ → /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ g̊än³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ gon³
    • Yale: chòih gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ gon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ kɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'kaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² kan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² kan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² kan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ kan²¹/

Noun

才幹

1. ability; talent; competence

Synonyms

• 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)
• 才情 (cáiqíng)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 手法 (shǒufǎ)
• 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
• 才能
• 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

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
才	幹
さい Grade: 2	かん Grade: 5

Noun

才(さい)幹(かん) • (saikan) 

1. talent; ability