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The Cantonese word cai - 切 - cai3
(to correspond in Cantonese)

Deutsche Übersetzung von caiDeutschDeutsche Übersetzung
Traduction française de caiFrançaisTraduction française
Traducción española decaiEspañolTraducción española




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Romanization (Jyutping)

cai3
also: cit3

English translations

to correspond,
to be close to

Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 切 ( cai3 ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
切
The traditional Chinese characters of cai3 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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切 is composed of 4 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

personal  |  feasible
切 ( cai / cai3 ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 491)
Example words containing the character 切 ( cai / cai3 )
can1 cit3 ( 亲切 ), cit3 si1 dak6 ( 切斯特 ), jat1 cai3 ( 一切 ), lo4 cit3 si1 dak6 ( 罗切斯特 )

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