才調

Chinese

		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer
trad. (才調)		才	調
simp. (才调)		才	调

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáidiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ diu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòi-thiau
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-tiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáidiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáidiào
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-tiao⁴
    • Yale: tsái-dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairdiaw
    • Palladius: цайдяо (cajdjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ diu⁶
    • Yale: chòih diuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ diu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ diu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ tiːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi-thiau
    • Hakka Romanization System: coi^ˇ tiau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi² tiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ tʰi̯au̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'diau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ tiau³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ tiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² tiau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² tiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² tiau²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²¹ tiau²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzojH dewH

Rime
Character	才	調
Reading #	2/2	3/3
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	昨代切	徒弔切
Baxter	dzojH	dewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zʌiH/	/deuH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zəiH/	/deuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɒiH/	/deuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zəjH/	/dɛwH/
Li Rong	/d͡zᴀiH/	/deuH/
Wang Li	/d͡zɒiH/	/dieuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑ̆iH/	/dʱieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zài	diào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoi6	diu6

Noun

才調

1. literary or artistic talent
2. (Classical, Hainanese, Hakka, Singapore Hokkien) talent; ability

Usage notes

• In Taiwanese Hakka, it often has a derogatory sense.

Synonyms

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• 一手
• 人才 (réncái)
• 伎倆 / 伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
• 俊才 (jùncái)
• 兩手 / 两手 (liǎngshǒu)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 功力 (gōnglì)
• 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
• 才力 (cáilì)
• 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
• 才幹 / 才干 (cáigàn)
• 才情 (cáiqíng)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 手法 (shǒufǎ)
• 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
• 才能 (cáinéng)
• 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
• 手腕子 (shou³ onn³ zr) (Xiang)
• 才華 / 才华 (cáihuá)
• 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
• 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
• 技能 (jìnéng)
• 技藝 / 技艺 (jìyì)
• 技術 / 技术 (jìshù)
• 招數 / 招数 (zhāoshù)
• 本事
• 本領 / 本领 (běnlǐng)
• 材幹 / 材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
• 能力 (nénglì)
• 能為 / 能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
• 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
• 能量 (néngliàng)
• 花頭 / 花头 (Wu)
• 著數 / 着数
• 解數 / 解数
• 資力 / 资力 (zīlì)
• 路數 / 路数 (lùshù)
• 身手 (shēnshǒu)
• 道行