不才

Chinese

		not; no	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (不才)		不	才
Literally: “not-talented [person]”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ coi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùcái
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: bù-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butsair
    • Palladius: буцай (bucaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: bāt chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-châi
    • Tâi-lô: put-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai²³/

Adjective

不才

1. (humble) without talent

   小弟不才，還需向各位多多請教！ [MSC, trad.]
   小弟不才，还需向各位多多请教！ [MSC, simp.]

   Xiǎodì bùcái, hái xū xiàng gèwèi duōduō qǐngjiào! [Pinyin]

   I'm not talented and need to learn from you.

Pronoun

不才

1. (literary, humble) I; me

Synonyms

• 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)
• 鄙人 (bǐrén)
• 在下 (zàixià)