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才能

Mandarin · pinyin cái néng

Meanings

  1. talent
  2. ability
  3. capacity
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才
cái · talent, ability; just, only
能
néng · to be able; can, permitted to; ability
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2–2 · cai2 neng2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

coi4 nang4

Cantonese word readings for 才能. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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coi4 nang4

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noun

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

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