才 纔 cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only syn 棺材 guān cai coffin / CL:具[ju4],口[kou3] syn 云彩 雲彩 yún cai (coll.) cloud / CL:朵[duo3] syn 贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn 奴才 nú cai slave / fig. flunkey syn 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn 老街 lǎo jiē Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar) 蔡元培 cài yuán péi Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27 痞子蔡 pǐ zi cài Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer 蔡锷 蔡鍔 cài è Cai E (1882-1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4guo2jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor 蔡伦 蔡倫 cài lún Cai Lun (-121), the inventor of the papermaking process 猜 cāi to guess syn 菜 cài vegetable / greens (CL:棵[ke1]) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor / (coll.) (one's) type syn 踩 cǎi to step on / to tread / to stamp / to press a pedal / to pedal (a bike) / (online) to downvote syn 彩 cǎi (bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize syn 朴 piáo surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2] syn 采 採 cǎi color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3] syn 采 cài used in 采邑[cai4yi4] and 采地[cai4di4] syn 财 財 cái money / wealth / riches / property / valuables syn 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 材 cái material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old) syn 睬 cǎi to pay attention / to take notice of / to care for syn 汉姓 漢姓 hàn xìng a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group 那 nā surname Na syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 区 區 ōu surname Ou 单 單 shàn surname Shan syn 某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn 华 華 huà Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi / surname Hua syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 巴尔的摩 巴爾的摩 bā ěr dì mó Baltimore (place name, surname etc) 尼克松 ní kè sōng Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 / surname Nixon 西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen 中村 zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname) 海德 hǎi dé Hyde (surname) 山下 shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) syn 波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo 铃木 鈴木 líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname) 布尔 布爾 bù ěr Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean 田中 tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname) 山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname) 井上 jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") 山田 shān tián Yamada (Japanese surname) 莱特 萊特 lái tè Wright (surname) 考克斯 kǎo kè sī Cox (surname) 惠特曼 huì tè màn Whitman (surname) / Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet and journalist 班克斯 bān kè sī Banks (surname) / Banksy (UK artist) 强生 強生 qiáng shēng Johnson (surname) / Johnson & Johnson (company) 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 小林 xiǎo lín Kobayashi (Japanese surname) 施密特 shī mì tè Schmidt or Schmitt (surname) 和田 hé tián see 和田地區|和田地区[He2tian2 Di4qu1] / Wada (Japanese surname and place name) 高桥 高橋 gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname) 南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 松本 鬆本 sōng běn Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name) 伊藤 yī téng Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname / Ito-Yokado (supermarket) (abbr. for 伊藤洋華堂|伊藤洋华堂[Yi1teng2 Yang2hua2tang2]) 邱吉尔 邱吉爾 qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill 渡边 渡邊 dù biān Watanabe (Japanese surname) 吉田 jí tián Yoshida (Japanese surname and place name) 独孤 獨孤 dú gū two-character surname Dugu 诸葛 諸葛 zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] 桥本 橋本 qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name) 司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima 夏侯 xià hóu two-character surname Xiahou 弗格森 fú gé sēn Ferguson (surname) 木村 mù cūn Kimura (Japanese surname) 博世 bó shì Bosch (surname) / Bosch, German technology company 轩辕 軒轅 xuān yuán two-character surname Xuanyuan syn 平野 píng yě Hirano (Japanese surname) 藤森 téng sēn Fujimori (Japanese surname) / Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (1938-), president of Peru 1990-2000 复姓 複姓 fù xìng two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马[Si1ma3] or 諸葛|诸葛[Zhu1ge3]) syn 东郭 東郭 dōng guō two-character surname Dongguo 欧阳 歐陽 ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang 慕容 mù róng a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Murong 公孙 公孫 gōng sūn two-character surname Gongsun 金子 jīn zǐ Kaneko (Japanese surname) syn 百里 bǎi lǐ two-character surname Baili 宇文 yǔ wén a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen 皇甫 huáng fǔ two-character surname Huangfu 司空 sī kōng two-character surname Sikong 千叶 千葉 qiān yè Chiba (Japanese surname and place name) 村上 cūn shàng Murakami (Japanese surname) 完颜 完顏 wán yán two-character surname Wanyan 耶律 yē lǜ two-character surname Yelü 令狐 líng hú old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2yi1 Xian4], Shanxi) / two-character surname Linghu 太史 tài shǐ two-character surname Taishi 端木 duān mù two-character surname Duanmu 尉迟 尉遲 yù chí two-character surname Yuchi 佐藤 zuǒ téng Satō (Japanese surname) 西村 xī cūn Nishimura (Japanese surname) 谷口 gǔ kǒu Taniguchi (Japanese surname) 大野 dà yě Ōno (Japanese surname and place name) 工藤 gōng téng Kudō (Japanese surname) 呼延 hū yán two-character surname Huyan 淳于 chún yú two-character surname Chunyu 小川 xiǎo chuān Ogawa (Japanese surname) 宫崎 宮崎 gōng qí Miyazaki (Japanese surname and place name) 野村 yě cūn Nomura (Japanese surname) 