HSK 5 · Society

人才 réncái “talent” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 人才 means

  1. talent
  2. talented person

How to say 人才

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale人rén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale才cái2nd tone, rising

人才 in a sentence

  1. 逆境出人才。

    Nìjìng chū réncái.

    Adversity produces talent.

    Sentence #349679 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他善于在青年中识拔人才。

    Tā shànyú zài qīngnián zhōng shíbá réncái.

    He is good at spotting talent among young people.

    Sentence #12574933 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 人才 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
人rénperson; people

人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

The character 才 (cái) drawn as one shape
才cáiability; talent

才 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 人才

人 2 strokes · 才 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

人才 (réncái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 人才 (réncái). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 人才

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FAQs

人才 (réncái) means “talent” or “talented person”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it réncái: rén with a 2nd tone, then cái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 人才 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rencai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 人才 from the suggestions. Typing rencai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
人才 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.