秀才
sau3 coi4sau3 coi2xiù cai
English
- a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
- scholar
- skillful writer
- fine talent
- a person who has passed entry level imperial examinations; considered to be of the lowest rank in the scholar-bureaucrat class
粵語 — Cantonese
- 科舉中取得初級功名嘅書生,屬於士大夫嘅基層(量詞:個)
Examples
他是我们班里的秀才。
He is the scholar in our class.
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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk