粵

秀sau3才coi4

sau3 coi4sau3 coi2xiù cai

English

  1. a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
  2. scholar
  3. skillful writer
  4. fine talent
  5. a person who has passed entry level imperial examinations; considered to be of the lowest rank in the scholar-bureaucrat class

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 科舉中取得初級功名嘅書生,屬於士大夫嘅基層(量詞:個)

Examples

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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