才氣

Chinese

		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (才氣)		才	氣
simp. (才气)		才	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáiqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáiqì → cáiqi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄘㄞˊ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáici̊
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: tsái-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair.chih
    • Palladius: цайци (cajci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ hei³
    • Yale: chòih hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-khì
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'qix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/

Noun

才氣

1. literary or artistic talent

Derived terms

• 才氣無雙／才气无双

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (才氣):

• → Japanese: 才(さい)気(き) (saiki)
• → Korean: 재기(才氣) (jaegi)