不才

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Chinese

		not; no	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (不才)		不	才
Literally: “not-talented ”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùcái

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ coi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-châi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùcái
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsʻai²
  - Yale: bù-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butsair
  - Palladius: буцай (bucaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ coi⁴
  - Yale: bāt chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-châi
  - Tâi-lô: put-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putzaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai²³/

Adjective

不才

(humble) without talent
小弟不才，還需向各位多多請教！ [MSC, trad.]
小弟不才，还需向各位多多请教！ [MSC, simp.]
Xiǎodì bùcái, hái xū xiàng gèwèi duōduō qǐngjiào!
I'm not talented and need to learn from you.

Pronoun

不才

(literary, humble) I; me

Synonyms

鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)
鄙人 (bǐrén)
在下 (zàixià)

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