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

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]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cái-ceô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai¹³⁻¹¹ t͡so⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zai² zo³ [Phonetic: zai⁵ zo³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²¹ t͡so³³²/
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

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

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

Adverb

才子 (Hangzhounese)

just; only; merely
only just; only if
- 1998, 杭州方言詞典, page 22:
  
  饅頭冷的，要蒸才子好吃。 [Hangzhounese, trad.]
  馒头冷的，要蒸才子好吃。 [Hangzhounese, simp.]
  The bread is cold, it will taste good only if you steam it.
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.