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		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (才能)		才	能
simp. ^#(才能)		才	能

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáinéng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ nang⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhòi-nèn

(Meixian, Guangdong): coi² nen²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): châi-lêng / châi-nn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): cai⁵ nêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáinéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄋㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáinéng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-nêng²
  - Yale: tsái-néng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairneng
  - Palladius: цайнэн (cajnɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi⁴ nang⁴
  - Yale: chòih nàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ nang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ neng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ nɐŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi-nèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: coi^ˇ nen^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: coi² nen²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ nen¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: coi² nen²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoɪ¹¹ nən¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsâi-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaileeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-nn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tsâi-nn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zainngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cai⁵ nêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâi nêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ neŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzoj nong

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤə nˤə(ʔ)/

(Zhengzhang): /*zlɯː nɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	才	能
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cái	néng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzoj ›	‹ nong ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁə/	/nˁə(ʔ)/ (~ nˁəŋ)
English	talent, ability	able; ability
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	才	能
Reading #	1/2	3/4
No.	1061	9415
Phonetic component	才	能
Rime group	之	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	裁	能
Old Chinese	/*zlɯː/	/*nɯːŋ/

才能

ability; talent; competence

一手
人才 (réncái)
伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
俊才 (jùncái)
兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力量 (lìliàng)
功力 (gōnglì)
功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
才具 (cáijù) (formal)
才力 (cáilì)
才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
才情 (cáiqíng)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
手法 (shǒufǎ)
手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
手腕 (shǒuwàn)
手腕子 (shou³ onn³ zr) (Xiang)
才華／才华 (cáihuá)
技巧 (jìqiǎo)
把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
技能 (jìnéng)
技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
技術／技术 (jìshù)
招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
本事
本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
能力 (nénglì)
能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
能量 (néngliàng)
花頭／花头 (Wu)
著數／着数
解數／解数
資力／资力 (zīlì)
路數／路数 (lùshù)
身手 (shēnshǒu)
道行

才學／才学 (cáixué)
才智 (cáizhì)
學問／学问 (xuéwèn)
智慧 (zhìhuì)

Kanji in this term
才	能
さい Grade: 2	のう Grade: 5
on'yomi

才(さい)能(のう) • (sainō)

ability, talent
才能(さいのう)が貧(まず)しい
sainō ga mazushii
I'm poor in ability.

才能(さいのう)を伸(の)ばす
sainō o nobasu
I will extend my abilities.

Hanja in this term
才	能

才能 • (jaeneung) (hangeul 재능)

hanja form^? of 재능 (“talent, ability”)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
才	能

才能

chữ Hán form of tài năng (“talent”).