奇才

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (奇才)		奇	才

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qícái

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ coi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qícái
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cícái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-tsʻai²
    • Yale: chí-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyitsair
    • Palladius: цицай (cicaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ coi⁴
    • Yale: kèih chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Noun

奇才

1. rare talent
2. genius; talented person

Synonyms

• (rare talent): (literary) 奇人 (qírén)

Derived terms

• 七步奇才
• 奇才異能 / 奇才异能
• 曠世奇才 / 旷世奇才

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (奇才):

• → Japanese: 奇(き)才(さい) (kisai)
• → Korean: 기재(奇才) (gijae)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奇	才
き Grade: S	さい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きさい [kìsáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲisa̠i]

Noun

奇(き)才(さい) • (kisai) 

1. genius, rare talent
2. a person of unusual ability, a genius

Usage notes

• The degree of talent implied by 奇才(きさい) (kisai) is less than that suggested by its homophone 鬼才(きさい) (kisai, “freak genius”)

See also

• 鬼才(きさい) (kisai)