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cái

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cái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cái | cai2
English translation
material
timber
ability
aptitude
a capable individual
coffin (old)
timber; material, stuff; talent

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About cái

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

cái

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of cái

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木才

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

cái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and cái represents the sound.

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Example sentences using cái

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硅烷偶联剂用于 yòng yú 许多 xǔduō 通用 tōngyòng de 砂子 shā zi 环氧 xíng 复合材料 fù hé cái liào Zhōng .

Silane coupling agents are also used in many commercial sand - epoxy - type composites.

通常 tōngcháng , 所有 suǒyǒu 暴露 bàolù zài 刻蚀 Zhōng de 材料 cáiliào dōu 具有 jù yǒu 一定 yīdìng 的刻蚀速率 sù lǜ .

More often, all of the materials exposed to the etchant have a finite etch rate.

需要 xūyào Chéng 3 Bǎi zhǒng 规格 guīgé de 钢材 gāng cái .

It needs steel rolled to 300 different specifications.

已经 yǐjīng 45 suì , 中等 zhōng děng 身材 shēncái , ǎi 矮胖 aǐ pàng pán de , 完全 wánquán shì 胸无城府 xiōng wú chéng fǔ de .

He was forty - five years of age, of medium height, fairly thick - set, not at all unprepossessing.

qiē diào le 需要 xūyào de 那块材料 cáiliào .

He cut away the material which he didn't need.

Words with cái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
材料 cáiliào material材料 cáiliào
身材 shēncái stature身材 shēncái
棺材 guān cai coffin棺材 guān cai
cái material cái
题材 tícái subject matter題材
教材 jiàocái teaching material教材 jiàocái
器材 qìcái equipment器材 qìcái
木材 mù cái wood木材 mù cái
建材 jiàn cái building materials建材 jiàn cái
原材料 yuán cái liào raw materials原材料 yuán cái liào
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art)素材 sù cái
钢材 gāng cái steel (as raw material)鋼材
药材 yào cái medicinal ingredient藥材
蠢材 chǔn cái idiot蠢材 chǔn cái
材质 cái zhì texture of timber材質
取材 qǔ cái to collect material取材 qǔ cái
高材生 gāo cái shēng student of great ability高材生 gāo cái shēng
成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself成材 chéng cái
人材 rén cái talent人材 rén cái
型材 xíng cái extruded profile型材 xíng cái
就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái
因材施教 yīn cái shī jiào (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability因材施教 yīn cái shī jiào
材料科学 cái liào kē xué materials science材料科學

cái Decomposition & Compounds

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cái Decomposition

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