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文才，詩才 literary, poetic gift.
(2) Person in regard to capability, personality, character: 人才 useful person;
沒有人才 lacking in capable men;
幹才 practical ability, person with such ability;
天才 genius;
奴才 (contempt.) slave;
蠢才 (abuse) dullard, idiot, imbecile;
大才小用 an able man given a small job;
英才，高才 great talent;
小有才 (person) gifted with a fair degree of cleverness, possesses certain but limited abilities;
才難 really able men are difficult to come by;
(closely related 材 timber, 10B.00).
那才妙了 would indeed be fun (if it should happen);
你才是我所喜歡的人 you (not anybody else) are the one I love.
(2) Just, just now (in place of awkward character 纔): 剛才 just now;
才晴又雨 sky has just cleared and now it rains again;
才要開飯客人來了 just as we were sitting down to dinner, a guest appeared.
2.才情 [cai2qing2], n., great ability, esp. litr. aptitude.
3.才調 [cai2diao4], n., see [cai2qi4]↑.
4.才分 [cai2fen4], n., inborn ability.
5.才幹 [cai2gan4] ([cai2gan0]), n., practical ability.
6.才華 [cai2hua2], n., see [cai2qi4]↑.
7.才智 [cai2zhi4], n., wisdom and ability.
8.才具 [cai2jU4], n., aptitude, capability (of person).
9.才力 [cai2li4], n., force of personality, spirit.
10.才略 [cai2lUe4], n., resourcefulness, political ability.
11.才貌 [cai2mao4], n., personal appearance as reflecting ability.
12.才名 [cai2ming2], n., literary reputation.
13.才能 [cai2neng2], n., natural gift, talent, litr. or practical ability.
14.才人 [cai2ren2], n., talented scholar.
15.才士 [cai2shi4], n., good scholars.
16.才學 [cai2xUe2] ([cai2xUe0]), n., ability and learning, person's scholarship.
17.才思 [cai2si1], n., brilliance in writing.
18.才藻 [cai2zao3], n., see [cai2si1]↑.
19.才子 [cai2zi3], n., (1) brilliant writer; (2) 才子佳人小說 popular romance with a handsome scholar and a pretty girl.
20.才悟 [cai2wu4], n., aptitude for understanding.
21.才
[cai2ying3], n., intellectual brilliance. 22.才媛 [cai2yUan2], n., a gifted maiden.