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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćhiǝ̄
Meaning: ability, understanding
Kachin: (H) ʒai, cai wisdom, understanding
Comments: Cf. Konyak *ʒai, Chepang ciʔ-, Sichuan *ṣV- 'hear'.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-kach,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 才
Modern (Beijing) reading: cái
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́hǝ̄
Classic Old Chinese: ʒhǝ̄
Western Han Chinese: ʒhǝ̄
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒhǝ̄
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒhǝ̄
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒhǝ̄
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒhǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: ʒʌj
English meaning : talent, gift, quality
Russian meaning[s]: 1) способности, талант; талантливый человек; 2) материал; сырье, вм. 材; 3) только, только что; только тогда, вм. 纔; связка перед сказуемым главного предложения; 4) характер, природа (человека)
Comments: For *ʒ́h cf. Chaozhou, Fuzhou chai2.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 3229
Karlgren code: 0943 a-f
Vietnamese reading: tài
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 47
Character: 才
MC description : 蟹開一平咍從
ZIHUI: 2088 1074
Beijing: chai 12
Jinan: chɛ 12
Xi'an: chɛ 12
Taiyuan: chai 1
Hankou: chai 12
Chengdu: chai 12
Yangzhou: chɛ 12
Suzhou: ze_ 12
Wenzhou: ze_ 12
Changsha: chai 12
Shuangfeng: ʒ́ie 12
Nanchang: chai 12
Meixian: chai 12
Guangzhou: čhɔi 12
Xiamen: cai 12
Chaozhou: chai 12
Fuzhou: cai 12
Shanghai: ze_ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: chai 12
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *chè-(-n, -s)
Meaning: know
Tulung: chē(n/t)- recognise, chose, ches- take heed, wake up, be intelligent
Kaling: cheynä (chendu) know (a person, a way), chepä smart, clever
Comments: Cf. also *sen, *cèn.
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: tsennɨ
Grammar: vt-5b tsend/tsen-tsents/tses-tse-tsen
Meaning: 1) recognize 2) select, choose
Nepali: 1) cinnu 2) rojnu, chānnu.
Derivation: [< syennɨ vt-4 'look at']
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: cheima
Grammar: vt-5 [1: chet- 2: chett- 3: chei- 4: cen- 5: ce:-]
Meaning: know (a fact, person, way), recognize
Nepali: cinnu.
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: seʔma II
Stem: <sed- ; set->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: 1) to pick, to pick stones out of grain, to pull out small weeds while sowing; 2) to choose.
Nepali: rojnu, kelāunu, chānnu
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