才子

cáizǐ
gifted scholar

CEDICT

scholar; gifted scholar; man of talent

Wiktionary

才華超邁的文士。《文選．潘岳．西征賦》：「終童山東之英妙，賈生洛陽之才子。」《初刻拍案驚奇．卷一六》：「有一秀才，姓沈名燦若，年方二十歲，是嘉興有名才子。」也作「才士」。

重編國語辭典

才華超邁的文士；才華出眾的人

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 才 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=1 才 cái
  1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
  2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
=2 子 zǐ
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

Containing this entry

佳人才子 jiāréncáizǐ
  1. lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. fig. pair of ideal lovers
才子佳人 cáizǐjiārén
  1. lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)
  2. fig. pair of ideal lovers
江南四大才子 Jiāngnánsìdàcáizǐ Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿