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 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (才子)		才	子

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáizǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): coi⁴ zi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): toi³ du²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòi-chṳ́
Min Nan (POJ): châi-chír / châi-chú

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi⁴ zi²
  - Yale: chòih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: toi³ du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰᵘɔi²² tu⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: coiˇ zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: coi² zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
Min Nan
- (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 (Xiamen): /t͡sai24⁻22 t͡su53/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai24⁻11 t͡su53/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai23⁻33 t͡su41/

Noun

才子

scholar; gifted scholar; man of talent

Derived terms

佳人才子
四才子
才子佳人 (cáizǐ jiārén)
六才子書／六才子书
大曆十才子／大历十才子

才子書／才子书
掃眉才子／扫眉才子
洛陽才子／洛阳才子
風流才子／风流才子

Descendants

Vietnamese: tài tử

Adverb

才子 (Hangzhou)

just; only; merely
only just; only if
饅頭冷的，要蒸才子好吃。 [Hangzhounese, trad.]
馒头冷的，要蒸才子好吃。 [Hangzhounese, simp.]
From: 1998, 杭州方言詞典, page 22
The bread is cold, it will taste good only if you steam it.
just now

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