| 才子 |
cái zǐ |
gifted scholar |
| 才 |
cái |
ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 才 |
cái |
(variant of 才) just now / (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |