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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 才子

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
才子 cái zǐ - gifted scholar

List Ranking for: 才子

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 33,281 21,831 13,944

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
才 cái- ability; talent
- sb of a certain type
- a capable individual
- then and only then
- just now
- (before an expression of quantity) only
才 cái- (variant of 才[cai2]) just now
- (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only
子 zǐ- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
子 zi- (noun suffix)

Other Words Containing 才子

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
才子 - - 33,281 21,831 13,944