大才

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (大才)		大	才
alternative forms		大材

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ coi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcái
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: dà-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtsair
    • Palladius: дацай (dacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ coi⁴
    • Yale: daaih chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Noun

大才

1. (literary) considerable talent
2. (literary) person with considerable talent

Derived terms

• 大才小用 (dàcái-xiǎoyòng)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-châi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-châi
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixzaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sai²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sai²⁴/

Adjective

大才

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) upright and steady; proper and sedate (especially of a young person's bearing or expression)