才子

§Chinese

		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (才子)		才	子

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáizǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): châi-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cáizǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ zi²
    • Yale: chòih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ dzi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-tsú
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡saɪ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

§Noun

才子

1. scholar; gifted scholar

§Derived terms

• 才子佳人

• Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典)