庸才

Chinese

		ordinary; to use	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
trad. (庸才)		庸	才
simp. ^#(庸才)		庸	才

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōngcái

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ coi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iông-châi

(Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵ cai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōngcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yongcái
  - Wade–Giles: yung¹-tsʻai²
  - Yale: yūng-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongtsair
  - Palladius: юнцай (juncaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁴ coi⁴
  - Yale: yùhng chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-châi
  - Tâi-lô: iông-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iongzaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sai²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iong⁵ cai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iông tshâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/

Noun

庸才

mediocre person; person of mediocre ability

Antonyms

人才 (réncái)
俊才 (jùncái)
天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
有天才的人 (yǒu tiāncái de rén)
材料 (cáiliào) (figurative)
棟樑 / 栋梁 (dòngliáng) (figurative)
菁英 / 精英 (jīngyīng) (elite)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
庸	才
よう Grade: S	さい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーさい [yòósáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ːsa̠i]

Noun

庸(よう)才(さい) • (yōsai)

a mediocre or uninteresting talent
a person of little talent; a feckless person

Antonyms

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN