適才

See also: 适才

Chinese

		to fit; to suit	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
trad. (適才/適纔)		適	才/纔
simp. (适才)		适	才

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ coi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhcái
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: shr̀-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtsair
    • Palladius: шицай (šicaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: sīk chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 適才

1. (archaic) just now

   • 適纔見公看榜而嘆，故此相問。 [MSC, trad.]
     适才见公看榜而叹，故此相问。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Luo Guanzhong (羅貫中), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義), Chapter 2

     Shìcái jiàn gōng kàn bǎng ér tàn, gùcǐ xiàng wèn. [Pinyin]

     I just saw you sigh after looking at the announcement, so I asked you why you were doing that.

Synonyms

• 剛才／刚才 (gāngcái)
• 方才 (fāngcái)