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cǎi

Meanings

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cǎi
  1. 1.(bright) color
  2. 2.variety
  3. 3.applause
  4. 4.applaud
  5. 5.lottery prize

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.variegated colors; rich and bright colors
  2. 2.literary or artistic grace or talent; variety; gracefulness; brilliance
  3. 3.applause; cheer
  4. 4.blood from a wound
  5. 5.lottery prize; winnings
  6. 6.wager; stake; bet
  7. 7.luck; fortune
  8. 8.to be lucky (in gambling)
  9. 9.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰɯːʔ): phonetic 采 (OC *sʰɯːʔ) + semantic 彡. Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tsəw-s/t (“colour; dye”); compare Tibetan ཚོས (tshos, “dye”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007). Alternatively, 色 (OC *s.rək, “colour”) may be a dialectal variant (Baxter, 1992; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

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