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CHINESE CHARACTER
cái
材
材
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material; timber
- Numbered pinyin
- cai2
- English meanings
- material; timber; stuff; ability; talent
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
color; prize
then and only then
guess
take notice of
dish
surname Cai
decision
wealth; money
walk
pick
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Related words
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- 材料
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