才子

cáizǐ
gifted scholar

CEDICT

scholar; gifted scholar; man of talent

Wiktionary

才华超迈的文士。《文选．潘岳．西征赋》：「终童山东之英妙，贾生洛阳之才子。」《初刻拍桉惊奇．卷一六》：「有一秀才，姓沉名灿若，年方二十岁，是嘉兴有名才子。」也作「才士」。

重編國語辭典

才华超迈的文士；才华出众的人

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 文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐祯卿