才氣

Chinese

		ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (才氣)		才	氣
simp. (才气)		才	气

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáiqì

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ hei³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhòi-hi

(Hailu, HRS): coi hi^ˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-khì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáiqì → cáiqi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄘㄞˊ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáici̊
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-chʻi⁵
  - Yale: tsái-chi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair.chih
  - Palladius: цайци (cajci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³/
  - Homophones:
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    才氣 / 才气
    財氣 / 财气
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi⁴ hei³
  - Yale: chòih hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ hei̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: coi^ˇ hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: coi² hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: coi hi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi⁵⁵ hi¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-khì
  - Tâi-lô: tsâi-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zai'qix
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/

Noun

才氣

literary or artistic talent

Derived terms

才氣無雙 / 才气无双

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (才氣):

→ Japanese: 才(さい)気(き) (saiki)
→ Korean: 재기(才氣) (jaegi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
才	氣
さい Grade: 2	き Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 才氣 – see the following entry.

【才気さいき】

[noun] wisdom, cleverness

[noun] talent

(This term, 才氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)