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cǎi

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cǎi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cǎi | cai3
English translation
variant of cǎi [cǎi]
to notice, to pay attention to

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About cǎi

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

cǎi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of cǎi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目采

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

cǎi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and cǎi represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using cǎi

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ǎi 老公 lǎo gōng Huán zài de 雪茄 xuě jiā ,他的 zhè jiǔ , cǎi 睬她.

Her dwarfish spouse still smoked his cigar and drank his rum without heeding her.

裁判 cáipàn duì 要求 yāoqiú 判罚点球 diǎn qiú de 叫喊声不予理睬

The referee ignored voices baying for a penalty.

他们 tā men huì 指责 zhǐzé 或者 huòzhě gēng 糟糕 zāogāo de shì 干脆 gāncuì duì 毫不 háo bù 理睬 lǐcǎi

They would criticize me, or worse yet, pay me no attention.

yǒu 相当 xiāngdāng 一部分 yī bù fen 普通员工理睬 lǐcǎi 工会 gōng huì de 建议 jiànyì

Substantial numbers of rank and file members ignored their union's advice.

一直 yīzhí dōu bèi 视为 shì wéi 异类无人 wú rén 理睬 lǐcǎi 形单影只 xíng dān yǐng zhī

He had always been an outcast, unwanted and alone.

Words with cǎi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
理睬 lǐcǎi to heed理睬 lǐcǎi
cǎi to care for cǎi
不瞅不睬 bù chǒu bù cǎi to ignore completely不瞅不睬 bù chǒu bù cǎi

cǎi Decomposition & Compounds

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cǎi Decomposition

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