人才

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		man; person; people	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (人才)		人	才
alternative forms		人材
anagram		才人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ coi⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-chhòi
• Eastern Min (BUC): ìng-cài
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-châi / lîn-châi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ cai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: réncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réncái
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-tsʻai²
    • Yale: rén-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rentsair
    • Palladius: жэньцай (žɛnʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ coi⁴
    • Yale: yàhn chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-chhòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ coi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² coi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng-cài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡s-)ʒai⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-châi
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinzaai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ t͡sai²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-châi
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linzaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nang⁵ cai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng tshâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/

Noun

人才

1. talent; abilities that make one an asset
2. talented individual; skilled or trained individual (in education or employment); qualified personnel

   人才儲備／人才储备  ―  réncái chǔbèi  ―  talent pool

   培養人才／培养人才  ―  péiyǎng réncái  ―  to produce talented people

   選拔人才／选拔人才  ―  xuǎnbá réncái  ―  to select talented people

   招攬人才／招揽人才  ―  zhāolǎn réncái  ―  to recruit talented people

   收羅人才／收罗人才  ―  shōuluó réncái  ―  to recruit qualified personnel

   人才供需不匹配  ―  réncái gōngxū bù pǐpèi  ―  talent supply-demand mismatch

   國家鼓勵高學歷人才參軍入伍。 [MSC, trad.]
   国家鼓励高学历人才参军入伍。 [MSC, simp.]

   Guójiā gǔlì gāo xuélì réncái cānjūn rùwǔ. [Pinyin]

   The state encourages highly educated talented individuals to join the army.

   高校人才流動已經成為越來越常見的現象。 [MSC, trad.]
   高校人才流动已经成为越来越常见的现象。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gāoxiào réncái liúdòng yǐjīng chéngwéi yuèláiyuè chángjiàn de xiànxiàng. [Pinyin]

   Talent mobility in universities has become an increasingly common phenomenon.

Synonyms

• (talent):

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• 一手
• 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)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 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 (shou³ onn³ 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 individual):

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• 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)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “talented individual”):

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• 庸才 (yōngcái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人才):

• → Japanese: 人(じん)材(ざい) (jinzai)

Pronunciation 2

		man; person; people	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (人才)		人	才
alternative forms		人材 儂才／侬才
anagram		才人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄘㄞˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng-châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: réncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réncái
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-tsʻai²
    • Yale: rén-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rentsair
    • Palladius: жэньцай (žɛnʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-châi
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: langzaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sai²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai²⁴/

Noun

人才

1. attractive appearance or looks

   恁查某囝的人才生做𣍐䆀。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   恁查某囝的人才生做𫧃䆀。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lín cha-bó͘-kiáⁿ ê jîn-châi seⁿ-chò bē-bái. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Your daughter looks pretty.

Synonyms

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• nan-qua+nan-xia:外相
• nan-xia+nan-zha:尪仔頭 / nan-xia+nan-zha:尪仔头
• 儀容 / 仪容 (yíróng) (of a person)
• 儀表 / 仪表 (yíbiǎo) (of a person)
• 外形 (wàixíng)
• 外範 / 外范 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 外表 (wàibiǎo)
• 外觀 / 外观 (wàiguān)
• 外貌 (wàimào)
• 姿容 (zīróng)
• 容貌 (róngmào, “facial features”)
• 容顏 / 容颜 (róngyán, “facial features”)
• 尊容 (zūnróng) (ironic or honorific, of a person)
• 形容 (xíngróng, “facial appearance”) (literary)
• 形貌 (xíngmào)
• 樣子 / 样子 (yàngzi)
• 模樣 / 模样 (of a person)
• 樣貌 / 样貌 (yàngmào)
• 相貌 (xiàngmào) (of a person)
• 瞻視 / 瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
• 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 觀瞻 / 观瞻 (guānzhān)
• 貌相 (màoxiàng) (of a person)
• 賣相 / 卖相 (màixiàng) (originally Wu)
• 長相 / 长相 (zhǎngxiàng) (of a person)
• 面容 (miànróng, “facial features”)
• 面容仔 (“facial features”) (Hakka)
• 面水 (Hokkien)
• 面貌 (miànmào)
• 顏容 / 颜容 (yánróng, “facial features”)
• 體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)

Derived terms

• 一表人才 (yībiǎoréncái)
• 人才代訓所 / 人才代训所
• 人才出眾 / 人才出众
• 人才外流 (réncái wàiliú)
• 人才市場 / 人才市场 (réncái shìchǎng)
• 人才庫 / 人才库 (réncáikù)
• 人才戰略 / 人才战略
• 人才流失 (réncái liúshī)
• 人才濟濟 / 人才济济 (réncáijǐjǐ)
• 人才輩出 / 人才辈出 (réncáibèichū)
• 人才難得 / 人才难得
• 專業人才 / 专业人才 (zhuānyè réncái)
• 軟人才 / 软人才

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	才
じん Grade: 1	ざい Grade: 2
on'yomi

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

【人材じんざい】 [noun] talented person [noun] human resource, manpower

(This term, 人才, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人	才

Noun

人才

1. chữ Hán form of nhân tài (“talent”).