| 通才 |
tōng cái |
polymath / all-round person |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 才 |
cái |
ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 才 |
cái |
(variant of 才) just now / (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) only |