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

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): châi-lêng / châi-nn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai⁵ nêng⁵

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: coiˇ nenˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi² nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ nen¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: coi² nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoɪ¹¹ nən¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

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• 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

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)
• 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

• 才能幹濟／才能干济
• 特殊才能

 

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) 

1. 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)

1. Hanja form^? of 재능 (“talent, ability”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
才	能

Noun

才能

1. chữ Hán form of tài năng (“talent”).