鬼才

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
trad. (鬼才)		鬼	才
simp. ^#(鬼才)		鬼	才

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐcái

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² coi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǐcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guěicái
  - Wade–Giles: kuei³-tsʻai²
  - Yale: gwěi-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeitsair
  - Palladius: гуйцай (gujcaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² coi⁴
  - Yale: gwái chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Noun

鬼才

brilliant genius; freak genius

See also

天才 (tiāncái, “genius”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	才
き Grade: S	さい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きさい [kìsáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲi̥sa̠i]

Noun

鬼(き)才(さい) • (kisai)

brilliant genius; freak genius

Usage notes

Both 鬼才(きさい) (kisai) and 奇才(きさい) (kisai) have the meaning "genius", but the degree of genius implied by the former is greater. While 奇才(きさい) (kisai) suggests an unusual talent, 鬼才(きさい) (kisai) implies a genius wholly surpassing the human norm.

See also

奇(き)才(さい) (kisai)
天才(てんさい) (tensai, “genius”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN