適才

See also: 适才

Chinese

		to fit; to suit	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
trad. (適才/適纔)		適	才/纔
simp. (适才)		适	才

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ coi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhcái
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: shr̀-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtsair
    • Palladius: шицай (šicaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: sīk chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Adverb

適才

1. (archaic) just now

   • 適纔見公看榜而嘆，故此相問。 [MSC, trad.]
     适才见公看榜而叹，故此相问。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Luo Guanzhong (羅貫中), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義), Chapter 2

     Shìcái jiàn gōng kàn bǎng ér tàn, gùcǐ xiàng wèn. [Pinyin]

     I just saw you sigh after looking at the announcement, so I asked you why you were doing that.

Synonyms

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• 今仔 (Hokkien)
• 剛剛 / 刚刚 (gānggāng)
• 剛巧 / 刚巧 (¹kaon-chiau₃) (Suzhounese)
• 剛才 / 刚才 (gāngcái)
• 方才 (fāngcái)
• 暫 / 暂 (zàn) (literary)
• 站仔 (Hokkien)

Dialectal synonyms of 剛才 (“just now”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剛才, 方才, 適才, 剛剛, 剛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	剛才, 才剛, 將才
	Taiwan	剛才, 剛剛, 剛
	Harbin	才剛兒, 頭先, 頭前兒
	Malaysia	剛才
	Singapore	剛才, 剛剛, 剛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	剛才, 剛剛的
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剛打剛兒, 剛剛兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	才剛, 才剛剛兒
	Wanrong	剛剛
	Xi'an	剛才
	Xining	才才
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	才剛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	剛才, 才剛
	Ürümqi	剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 剛頭兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	才剛, 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 先頭
	Wuhan	才剛, 剛才, 才一路, 才路, 一路
	Liuzhou	頭先, 啱先
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	剛才, 才剛, 剛剛
	Yangzhou	剛才, 才剛, 剛剛, 剛
	Hefei	剛才
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話, 疇先
	Hong Kong	頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	正就
	Macau	頭先
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	頭先, 啱啱, 啱先, 正話
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	正緊能, 頭先, 正話, 正
	Guangzhou (Xintang, Zengcheng)	正緊能
	Foshan	剛啱, 舊家
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	舊先
	Foshan (Shunde)	頭先
	Foshan (Sanshui)	啱啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	啱青
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頭先
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頭先
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	頭先
	Taishan	頭先, 正話, 啱啱, 啱先
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頭先
	Enping (Niujiang)	頭先
	Heshan (Yayao)	啱啱
	Dongguan	蚊蚊, 啱先, 啱啱
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頭先
	Yangjiang	頭先, 啱先
	Nanning	啱先
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	啱啱, 正話, 頭先
	Singapore (Guangfu)	頭先, 啱啱
Gan	Nanchang	剛腳, 一腳
	Lichuan	剛腳
Hakka	Meixian	頭先, 啱先, 啱啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	先頭, 頭先
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	正先
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	正先
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	早先
	Wengyuan	頭先
	Liannan	正先
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	啱啱
	Jiexi	早回
	Changting	頭先
	Wuping (Yanqian)	頭間
	Ninghua	正
	Ningdu	當頭
	Tonggu (Sandu)	正
	Dayu	剛正哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭先, 頭下
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭先, 頭下
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭先, 頭下
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭先, 頭下
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭先, 頭下
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭先, 頭下
	Hong Kong	頭先
	Mengshan (Xihe)	啱
	Luchuan	啱先
	Senai (Huiyang)	正先
Huizhou	Jixi	剛才, 剛剛, 剛之
Jin	Taiyuan	剛才, 剛剛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頃先, 頃, 頃頃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭先, 頭先早, 連眼, 連刻, 矢文
Southern Min	Xiamen	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 拄
	Quanzhou	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 頭站仔, 拄
	Jinjiang	頭先, 頭先仔
	Zhangzhou	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 前拄仔, 盡拄仔, 拄
	Kaohsiung	拄才
	Yilan	拄才
	Changhua (Lukang)	拄才
	Taichung	拄拄仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拄仔才
	Tainan	頭陣仔
	Taitung	頭拄仔
	Hsinchu	拄仔
	Penghu (Magong)	拄才
	Penang (Hokkien)	麻汝, 耽仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	麻汝, 頭先, 頭早
	Manila (Hokkien)	站仔, 頭站仔
	Chaozhou	頭陣, 同早, 同旰
	Shantou	剛才
	Jieyang	同早, 同旰, 頭先, 同陣, 頭陣, 自早
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	同旰
	Singapore (Teochew)	麻汝, 頭先, 同早
	Leizhou	當奉囝
Puxian Min	Putian	這久, 頭先, 喏
	Xianyou	這久, 頭先, 喏
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭先, 開頭, 啱啱, 啱先
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	啱先, 頭先, 幾早, 頭幾早
Wu	Shanghai	剛剛, 剛, 剛正, 開開 dated, 客客 dated, 方才 dated
	Suzhou	剛剛, 剛剛頭, 剛巧
	Danyang	剛才, 剛剛
	Hangzhou	剛剛
	Ningbo	剛剛
	Wenzhou	頭前, 頭先, 頭兒
Xiang	Changsha	剛才, 才剛, 嚴剛
	Loudi	剛剛
	Shuangfeng	當好, 才當
	Hengyang	剛才

Japanese

Kanji in this term
適	才
てき Grade: 5	さい Grade: 2
kan'yōon	kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てきさい [tèkísáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [te̞kʲisa̠i]

Noun

適(てき)才(さい) • (tekisai) 

1. suitable ability; suitable person

   Synonym: 適材 (tekizai)

Related terms

• 才(さい)能(のう) (sainō)