才能 cáinéng talent
talent; ability; capacity
怎么记住“才能”: 才 only just + 能 able to = talent.
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用法
- Talent / ability / capacity to do things: 发挥才能 (fāhuī cáinéng) to give play to one's abilities, 有领导才能 (has leadership ability).
- Broader and more practical than 才华; covers competence across domains.
- Don't confuse with the adverbial 才能 ('only then can') in sentences like 努力才能成功.
例句
- 我有很多才能。 Wǒ yǒu hěnduō cáinéng.I have many abilities.
- 我怎么才能发胖? Wǒ zěnme cáinéng fāpàng?How do I gain weight?
- 我们怎样才能找到它? Wǒmen zěnyàngcáinéng zhǎodào tā?How do we find it?