高才

Chinese

		high; tall	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (高才)		高	才

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāocái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ coi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāocái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaocái
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: gāu-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautsair
    • Palladius: гаоцай (gaocaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: gōu chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-châi
    • Tâi-lô: ko-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koizaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²³/

Noun

高才

1. (literary) great talent
2. (literary) person of great talent

Synonyms

• (great talent): (literary) 八斗才 (bādǒucái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (高才):

• → Japanese: 高才(こうさい) (kōsai)
• → Korean: 고재(高才) (gojae)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	才
こう Grade: 2	さい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーさい [kòósáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsa̠i]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːza̠i]

Noun

高(こう)才(さい) or 高才(こうざい) • (kōsai or kōzai) 

1. (literary) great talent
2. (literary) person of great talent

Synonyms

• 高材(こうざい) (kōzai)