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才干

cái gàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 才幹

才干 (cái gàn) means "ability; competence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 才干 means

1. ability
2. competence

The characters in 才干

• 才cáiability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual
• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow

Example sentences

• 我很钦佩他的才干。
  Wǒ hěn qīnpèi tā de cáigàn.
  I feel admiration for his talent.

Words containing 才干

• 有才干yǒu cái gàncapable

Where 才干 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù–cái (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cái gàn correctly.
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