才子

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáizǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòi-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-chír / châi-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáizǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: tsái-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairtzyy
    • Palladius: цайцзы (cajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ zi²
    • Yale: chòih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: coi^ˇ zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi² zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-chír
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaizuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 才子

1. scholar; gifted scholar; man of talent

Derived terms

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