天才

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (天才)		天	才

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ coi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-chhòi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thian-châi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tin¹ cai⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thi-ze

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiancái
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: tyān-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantsair
    • Palladius: тяньцай (tjanʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: tīn chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-chhòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ coiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ coi²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-châi
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienzaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tin¹ cai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ tshâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹thi-ze
    • MiniDict: thi^平 ze
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-ze
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ ze²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 天才

1. talent; gift; genius
2. talented or gifted person; genius

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天才):

• → Japanese: 天才(てんさい) (tensai)
• → Korean: 천재(天才) (cheonjae)
• → Vietnamese: thiên tài (天才)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	才
てん Grade: 1	さい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

天(てん)才(さい) • (tensai) 

1. genius

Synonyms

• 秀才(しゅうさい) (shūsai): clever person

Antonyms

• 凡才(ぼんさい) (bonsai): mediocrity, (person of) ordinary ability
• 馬鹿(ばか) (baka): idiot

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
天	才

Noun

天才 • (cheonjae) (hangeul 천재)

1. Hanja form^? of 천재 (“genius”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	才

Noun

天才

1. chữ Hán form of thiên tài (“genius”).