Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
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)
simp. #(才能)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/4
Initial () (15) (8)
Final () (41) (129)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/2 3/4
No. 1061 9415
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zlɯː/ /*nɯːŋ/

Noun edit

才能

  1. ability; talent; competence
Synonyms edit
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Sino-Xenic (才能):

Etymology 2 edit

 
only; only if; only after
only; only if; only after; not until
can; may; capable of
trad. (才能)
simp. #(才能)
alternative forms 纔能 archaic

Pronunciation edit


Phrase edit

才能

  1. only (someone) can (do something)
  2. only (after some time or some event) can (someone do something)
  3. only (with something) can (someone do something)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 2
のう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun edit

(さい)(のう) (sainō

  1. ability, talent
    才能(さいのう)(まず)しい
    sainō ga mazushii
    I'm poor in ability.
    才能(さいのう)()ばす
    sainō o nobasu
    I will extend my abilities.

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

才能 (jaeneung) (hangeul 재능)

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

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

才能

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