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 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáizǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): coi⁴ zi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): toi³ du²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòi-chṳ́
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zai² zo³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-chír / châi-chú
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ze-tsy

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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/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: toi³ du²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰᵘɔi²² tu⁵⁵/
• 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/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zai² zo³ [Phonetic: zai⁵ zo³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai¹³⁻²¹ t͡so⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zai² zo³ [Phonetic: zai⁵ zo³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai¹³⁻²¹ t͡sɵ³³²/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ze-tsy
    • MiniDict: ze^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ze-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ze²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

才子

1. scholar; gifted scholar; man of talent

Derived terms

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

Pronunciation 2

• Wu (Hangzhou, Wugniu): ²dze-tsy₀

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²dze-tsy₀
    • MiniDict: dze^平 tsy
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡zɛ²² t͡sz̩³⁴/

Adverb

才子 (Hangzhounese)

1. just; only; merely
2. 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.

3. just now

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “才子”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 565.