才能

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Chinese

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) 才 能
simp. #(才能) 才 能

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 才 能
Reading # 1/2 2/4
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 咍 (41) 登 (129)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 昨哉切 奴登切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 才 能
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cái néng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzoj › ‹ nong ›
Old
Chinese 		/*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. * 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 才 能
Reading # 1/2 3/4
No. 1061 9415
Phonetic
component 		才 能
Rime
group 		之 蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		裁 能
Old
Chinese 		/*zlɯː/ /*nɯːŋ/

Noun

才能

  1. ability; talent; competence
  2. (literary) person of talent

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Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (才能):

Japanese

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

Noun

才(さい)能(のう) • (sainō) 

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
才能

Noun

才能 • (jaeneung) (hangeul 재능)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
才能

Noun

才能

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