大才

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (大才)		大	才
alternative forms		大材

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcái
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: dà-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtsair
    • Palladius: дацай (dacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-châi
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixzaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sai²³/

Noun

大才

1. (literary) considerable talent
2. (literary) person with considerable talent

Derived terms

• 大才小用 (dàcái-xiǎoyòng)