才思

Chinese

		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	to think; to consider
simp. and trad. (才思)		才	思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáisī

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-sir / châi-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáisī
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáisih
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: tsái-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairsy
    • Palladius: цайсы (cajsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ si¹
    • Yale: chòih sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-sir
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-su
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaisw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

Noun

才思

1. imaginative power and creativeness (in writing)