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财

cái

HSK 5 Character Traditional 財

What 财 means

1. money
2. wealth
3. riches
4. property
5. valuables

Example sentences

• 恭喜发财
  Gōngxǐfācái
  May you have a prosperous new year.
• 笨蛋难聚财。
  A fool and his money are soon parted.
• 别当守财奴！
  Don't be a penny-pincher.
• 健康胜于财富。
  Health is above wealth.
• 健康胜过财富。
  Health is better than wealth.
• 这是我的财产。
  This is my property.

Words starting with 财

• 财产cái chǎnproperty; assets; estate
• 财富cái fùwealth; riches
• 财政cái zhèngpublic finance; government finance
• 财务cái wùfinancial affairs; finance
• 财经cái jīngfinance and economics
• 财物cái wùproperty; belongings
• 财力cái lìfinancial resources
• 财神cái shéngod of wealth
• 财政部Cái zhèng bùMinistry of Finance
• 财主cái zhǔrich man; moneybags
• 财源cái yuánfinancial resources; source of revenue
• 财产权cái chǎn quánproperty rights
• 财会cái kuàifinance and accounting
• 财团cái tuánfinancial group
• 财政部长cái zhèng bù zhǎngminister of finance
• 财宝cái bǎomoney and valuables
• 财长cái zhǎngtreasurer; head of finances; minister of finance
• 财税cái shuìfinance and taxation
• 财大气粗cái dà qì cūrich and imposing; rich and overbearing
• 财年cái niánfiscal year; financial year
• 财利cái lìwealth and profit; riches
• 财报cái bàofinancial report
• 财东cái dōngshop owner; moneybags
• 财权cái quánproperty ownership or right; financial power; financial control

Words containing 财

• 发财fā cáito get rich
• 理财lǐ cáito manage wealth; to manage finances; money management
• 钱财qián cáiwealth; money
• 敛财liǎn cáito accumulate wealth; to rake in money
• 生财shēng cáito make money
• 贪财tān cáito be greedy in getting money
• 劳民伤财láo mín shāng cái(idiom) to waste both manpower and resources
• 横财hèng cáieasy money; windfall; ill-gotten gains
• 中财Zhōng CáiCentral University of Finance and Economics, Beijing (abbr. for 中央财经大学
• 爱财ài cáiavaricious
• 资财zī cáiassets; capital and materials
• 土财主tǔ cái zhǔlocal wealthy landlord; country money-bags; rich provincial
• 小发财xiǎo fā cái(colloquial; Taiwan) mini truck; Kei truck
• 理财学lǐ cái xuéfinancial management (as a field of study)
• 发财车fā cái chē(Taiwan) mini truck; Kei truck
• 不义之财bù yì zhī cáiill-gotten wealth or gains
• 人财两得rén cái liǎng déto succeed in both love and business
• 人财两空rén cái liǎng kōng(idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a…
• 公共财产gōng gòng cái chǎnpublic property
• 公司理财gōng sī lǐ cáicompany finance; corporate finance
• 和气生财hé qì shēng cái(idiom) amiability makes you rich
• 爱财如命ài cái rú mìnglit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom); fig. avaricious; tightfisted
• 生财有道shēng cái yǒu dàolit. there are principles behind making money (idiom)…
• 发国难财fā guó nàn cáito profiteer in a time of national calamity

Characters built on 才

These share the phonetic component 才 (cái), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 豺cháidog-like animal; ravenous beast; dhole (Cuon Alpinus)

Characters that look like 财

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 刺cìthorn; sting; thrust
• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 肪fánganimal fat
• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder

Sounds the same

Read cái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 才ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual
• 材material; timber; ability
• 裁to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim