英才

Chinese

		flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
trad. (英才)		英	才
simp. #(英才)		英	才

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīngcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ coi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): eng-châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingcái
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: yīng-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingtsair
    • Palladius: инцай (incaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: yīng chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-châi
    • Tâi-lô: ing-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: engzaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²³/

Noun

英才

1. outstanding ability
2. person of outstanding ability; person of superior talents

Synonyms

• (person of outstanding ability):

• 大器 (dàqì) (figurative)
• 大材 (dàcái) (literary)
• 絕才／绝才 (juécái) (literary)
• 茂士 (màoshì) (literary)
• 豪傑／豪杰 (háojié) (literary)
• 賢材／贤材 (xiáncái) (literary)
• 高能 (gāonéng) (literary)
• 鸞鳳／鸾凤 (luánfèng) (archaic)
• 麒麟 (qílín) (literary)
• 龍虎／龙虎 (lónghǔ) (figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 英才管理 (yīngcái guǎnlǐ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
英	才
えい Grade: 4	さい Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
頴才

Etymology

英 is a daiyōji replacing 頴.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えーさい [èésáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ːsa̠i]

Noun

英(えい)才(さい) • (eisai) 

1. outstanding ability
2. person of outstanding ability

Synonyms

• 秀(しゅう)才(さい) (shūsai)

Antonyms

• 鈍(どん)才(さい) (donsai)

Derived terms

• 英(えい)才(さい)教(きょう)育(いく) (eisai kyōiku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
英	才

Noun

英才 • (yeongjae) (hangeul 영재)

1. Hanja form^? of 영재 (“talent (person)”).