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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)
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Pronunciation

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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

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才能

  1. ability; talent; competence

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Sino-Xenic (才能):

Japanese

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

Noun

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(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

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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才能 (jaeneung) (hangeul 재능)

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

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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才能

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