鬼才

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Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
trad. (鬼才)		鬼	才
simp. ^#(鬼才)		鬼	才

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐcái

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² coi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǐcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guěicái
  - Wade–Giles: kuei³-tsʻai²
  - Yale: gwěi-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeitsair
  - Palladius: гуйцай (gujcaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² coi⁴
  - Yale: gwái chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Noun

鬼才

brilliant genius; freak genius

See also

天才 (tiāncái, “genius”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	才
き Grade: S	さい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きさい [kìsáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲi̥sa̠i]

Noun

鬼(き)才(さい) • (kisai)

brilliant genius; freak genius

See also

奇(き)才(さい) (kisai)
天才(てんさい) (tensai, “genius”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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