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不才

不才

Chinese

		not; no; (negative prefix)	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (不才)		不	才

Noun

不才

(literary) a person of no talent (a self-deprecating way of referring to oneself)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bùcái

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
Min Nan (POJ): put-châi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butsair
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-châi
  - Tâi-lô: put-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putzaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡saɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡saɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡saɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡saɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡saɪ²³/