才調

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Chinese

		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer
trad. (才調)		才	調
simp. (才调)		才	调

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáidiào

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ diu⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòi-thiau
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-tiāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáidiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáidiào
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-tiao⁴
  - Yale: tsái-dyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairdiaw
  - Palladius: цайдяо (cajdjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi⁴ diu⁶
  - Yale: chòih diuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ diu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ diu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ tiːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi-thiau
  - Hakka Romanization System: coi^ˇ tiau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: coi² tiau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ tʰi̯au̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: tsâi-tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zai'diau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ tiau³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ tiau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² tiau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² tiau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² tiau²²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²¹ tiau²²/

Middle Chinese: dzojH dewH

Rime
Character	才	調
Reading #	2/2	3/3
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	昨代切	徒弔切
Baxter	dzojH	dewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zʌi^H/	/deu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zəi^H/	/deu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɒi^H/	/deu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zəj^H/	/dɛw^H/
Li Rong	/d͡zᴀi^H/	/deu^H/
Wang Li	/d͡zɒi^H/	/dieu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑ̆i^H/	/dʱieu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zài	diào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoi⁶	diu⁶

Noun

才調

literary or artistic talent
(Classical, Hainanese, Hakka, Singapore Hokkien) talent; ability

Usage notes

In Taiwanese Hakka, it often has a derogatory sense.

Synonyms

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