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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 才能

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
才能 cái néng - talent
- ability
- capacity

List Ranking:

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

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 5,796 608 492

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cái- ability; talent
- sb of a certain type
- a capable individual
- then and only then
- just now
- (before an expression of quantity) only
cái- (variant of 才[cai2]) just now
- (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only
néng- surname Neng
néng- can
- to be able to
- might possibly
- ability
- (physics) energy

Other Words Containing 才能

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 (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
才能 - 3 5,796 608 492