| 1 | 才 | 纔 | cái | cai2 | ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; a moment ago; just now; (indicating sth happening later than expected); (after a condition or reason) then and only then; (before an expression of quantity) only | | |
| 2 | 才能 | 才能 | cái néng | cai2 neng2 | talent; ability; capacity | | |
| 3 | 才华 | 才華 | cái huá | cai2 hua2 | talent; Classifiers: 份 | | |
| 4 | 才干 | 才幹 | cái gàn | cai2 gan4 | ability; competence | | |
| 5 | 才气过人 | 才氣過人 | cái qì guò rén | cai2 qi4 guo4 ren2 | an outstanding talent (idiom); surpassing insight and acumen | | |
| 6 | 才子佳人 | 才子佳人 | cái zǐ jiā rén | cai2 zi3 jia1 ren2 | gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom); pair of ideal lovers | | |
| 7 | 才穷智竭 | 才窮智竭 | cái qióng zhì jié | cai2 qiong2 zhi4 jie2 | talent inadequate for the job (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 才然 | 纔然 | cái rán | cai2 ran2 | just recently; just a moment ago; just now | | |
| 9 | 才识 | 才識 | cái shí | cai2 shi2 | ability and insight | | |
| 10 | 才识过人 | 才識過人 | cái shí guò rén | cai2 shi2 guo4 ren2 | an outstanding talent (idiom); surpassing insight and acumen | | |
| 11 | 才疏学浅 | 才疏學淺 | cái shū xué qiǎn | cai2 shu1 xue2 qian3 | (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,... | | |
| 12 | 才思 | 才思 | cái sī | cai2 si1 | imaginative power; creativeness | | |
| 13 | 才外流 | 才外流 | cái wài liú | cai2 wai4 liu2 | brain drain | | |
| 14 | 才学 | 才學 | cái xué | cai2 xue2 | talent and learning; scholarship | | |
| 15 | 才艺 | 才藝 | cái yì | cai2 yi4 | talent | | |
| 16 | 才艺技能 | 才藝技能 | cái yì jì néng | cai2 yi4 ji4 neng2 | talent | | |
| 17 | 才艺秀 | 才藝秀 | cái yì xiù | cai2 yi4 xiu4 | talent show | | |
| 18 | 才藻出众 | 才藻出眾 | cái zǎo chū zhòng | cai2 zao3 chu1 zhong4 | above average in literary talent (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 才智 | 才智 | cái zhì | cai2 zhi4 | ability and wisdom | | |
| 20 | 才子 | 才子 | cái zǐ | cai2 zi3 | gifted scholar | | |
| 21 | 才华盖世 | 才華蓋世 | cái huá gài shì | cai2 hua2 gai4 shi4 | peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit | | |
| 22 | 才不 | 才不 | cái bù | cai2 bu4 | by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! | | |
| 23 | 才大心细 | 才大心細 | cái dà xīn xì | cai2 da4 xin1 xi4 | to have great talent and an attentive mind (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 才德 | 才德 | cái dé | cai2 de2 | talent and virtue | | |
| 25 | 才分 | 才分 | cái fèn | cai2 fen4 | ability; talent; gift | | |