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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāocái
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄘㄞˊ
  - 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

(literary) great talent
(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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsa̠i]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːza̠i]

Noun

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

(literary) great talent
(literary) person of great talent

Synonyms

高材(こうざい) (kōzai)

References

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