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cái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cái | cai2
English translation
money
wealth
riches
property
valuables
riches, wealth, valuables

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About cái

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

cái

Contains the radical

Bèi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

money

Etymology of cái

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

贝才

Semantic compound

Bèi

Phonetic compound

cái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bèi represents the meaning and cái represents the sound. Simplified form of cái .

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Example sentences using cái

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农夫 nóng fū yòng fān le 一些 yī xiē 埋葬 máizàng de 财宝 cái bǎo .

The ploughman turned up some buried treasure.

生财之道遍地 biàn dì jiē shì , 然而 ránér 许多 xǔduō rén 一生 yī shēng 积攒 jī zǎn 下来 xià lai de Qián 转眼 zhuǎn yǎn 之间 zhī jiān 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú .

Get - rich - quick schemes abounded, and many people lost their savings.

Nián quán 包括 bāokuò 土地 tǔdì 本身 běnshēn de 财产权 cái chǎn quán .

The annualrent right did not carry the property in the lands themselves.

yǒu 健康 jiànkāng ér 财富 cáifù 比有财富而无健康更 hǎo .

Health without riches is preferable to riches without health.

dāng 查尔斯 Chá ěr sī dài shí , jiù 期望 qīwàng zhāo yǒu 可观 kěguān de 财产 cáichǎn 可以 kěyǐ 继承 jìchéng .

There was the prospect of too good a fortune in reversion when Charles married Dina.

Words with cái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
财产 cáichǎn property財產
财富 cáifù wealth財富
财务 cáiwù financial affairs財務
财政 cáizhèng financial財政
cái money cái
理财 lǐ cái finance理財
财宝 cái bǎo money and valuables財寶
发财 fācái to get rich發財
财经 cái jīng finance and economics財經
财政部 Cái zhèng bù Ministry of Finance財政部
钱财 qián cái wealth錢財
财物 cái wù property財物
财力 cái lì financial resources財力
财团 cái tuán financial group財團
财源 cái yuán financial resources財源
财神 cái shén god of wealth財神
财税 cái shuì finance and taxation財稅
恭喜发财 gōng xǐ fā cái May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)恭喜發財
财政部长 cái zhèng bù zhǎng minister of finance財政部長
横财 hèng cái easy money橫財
财长 cái zhǎng treasurer財長
财会 cái kuài finance and accounting財會
财产权 cái chǎn quán property rights財產權
敛财 liǎn cái to accumulate wealth斂財

cái Decomposition & Compounds

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cái Decomposition

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