# 天才
## Chinese

* 天才

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tiāncái
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄘㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tin$^1$ coi$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-chhòi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thian-châi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tin$^1$ cai$^5$ / tiang$^1$ cai$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$thi-ze
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiāncái
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄘㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tiancái
*** Wade–Giles: tʻien$^1$-tsʻai$^2$
*** Yale: tyān-tsái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantsair
*** Palladius: тяньцай (tjanʹcaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tin$^1$ coi$^4$
*** Yale: tīn chòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tin$^1$ tsoi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tin$^1$ coi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-chhòi
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien$^ˊ$ coi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tian$^1$ coi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-châi
*** Tâi-lô: thian-tsâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tienzaai
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡sai²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tin$^1$ cai$^5$ / tiang$^1$ cai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ tshâi / thiang tshâi
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/, /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$thi-ze
*** MiniDict: thi$^平$ ze
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$thi-ze
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ ze²¹/
* Middle Chinese: then dzoj
Rime :
| Character | 天 | 才 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | I |
| Fanqie | 他前切 | 昨哉切 |
| Baxter | then | dzoj |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰen/ | /d͡zʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰen/ | /d͡zəi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɛn/ | /d͡zɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰɛn/ | /d͡zəj/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰen/ | /d͡zᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰien/ | /d͡zɒi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tʰien/ | /d͡zʱɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tiān | cái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tin$^1$ | coi$^4$ |

### Noun

天才
* talent; gift; genius
* talented or gifted person; genius

#### Synonyms

* (talent):
* 一手
* 人才 (réncái)
* 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
* 俊才 (jùncái)
* 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
* 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 力量 (lìliàng)
* 功力 (gōnglì)
* 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
* 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
* 才力 (cáilì)
* 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
* 才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
* 才情 (cáiqíng)
* 手段 (shǒuduàn)
* 手法 (shǒufǎ)
* 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
* 才能 (cáinéng)
* 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
* 手腕子 (shou$^3$ onn$^3$ zr) (Xiang)
* 才華／才华 (cáihuá)
* 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
* 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
* 技能 (jìnéng)
* 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
* 技術／技术 (jìshù)
* 招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
* 本事
* 本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
* 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
* 能力 (nénglì)
* 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
* 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
* 能量 (néngliàng)
* 花頭／花头 (Wu)
* 著數／着数
* 解數／解数
* 資力／资力 (zīlì)
* 路數／路数 (lùshù)
* 身手 (shēnshǒu)
* 道行
* (talented person):
* 人才 (réncái)
* 俊才 (jùncái)
* 有天才的人 (yǒu tiāncái de rén)
* 材料 (cáiliào) (figurative)
* 棟樑／栋梁 (dòngliáng) (figurative)
* 菁英／精英 (jīngyīng) (elite)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “talented person”):
* 庸才 (yōngcái)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 天才(てんさい) (tensai)
* → Korean: 천재(天才) (cheonjae)
* → Vietnamese: thiên tài (天才)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 天 | 才 |
| てん Grade: 1 | さい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) てんさい [tèńsáí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [tẽ̞ɰ̃sa̠i]

### Noun

天(てん)才(さい) • (tensai)
* genius

#### Synonyms

* 秀才(しゅうさい) (shūsai): clever person

#### Antonyms

* 凡才(ぼんさい) (bonsai): mediocrity, (person of) ordinary ability
* 馬鹿(ばか) (baka): idiot

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 天 | 才 |

### Noun

天才 • (cheonjae) (hangeul 천재)
* hanja form of 천재 (“genius”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 天 | 才 |

### Noun

天才
* chữ Hán form of thiên tài (“genius”).