庸才

Chinese

		ordinary; to use	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
trad. (庸才)		庸	才
simp. ^#(庸才)		庸	才

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōngcái

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ coi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iông-châi

(Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵ cai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōngcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yongcái
  - Wade–Giles: yung¹-tsʻai²
  - Yale: yūng-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongtsair
  - Palladius: юнцай (juncaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁴ coi⁴
  - Yale: yùhng chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-châi
  - Tâi-lô: iông-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iongzaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sai²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iong⁵ cai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iông tshâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/

Noun

庸才

mediocre person; person of mediocre ability

Antonyms

人才 (réncái)
俊才 (jùncái)
天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
庸	才
よう Grade: S	さい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーさい [yòósáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ːsa̠i]

Noun

庸(よう)才(さい) • (yōsai)

a mediocre or uninteresting talent
a person of little talent; a feckless person

Antonyms

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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