英才

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīngcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄘㄞˊ
  - 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

outstanding ability
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 (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

英(えい)才(さい) • (eisai)

outstanding ability
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)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
英	才

Noun

英才 • (yeongjae) (hangeul 영재)

hanja form^? of 영재 (“talent (person)”)

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