"三才" meaning in Chinese

See 三才 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sän⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sam²⁴ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /sän⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/, /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/, /sam²⁴ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/, /se⁵⁵ ze²¹/ Chinese transliterations: sāncái [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄢ ㄘㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saam¹ coi⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sâm-chhòi [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ¹se-ze, sāncái [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sancái [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], san¹-tsʻai² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], sān-tsái [Mandarin, Yale], santsair [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], саньцай [Mandarin, Palladius], sanʹcaj [Mandarin, Palladius], sāam chòih [Cantonese, Yale], saam¹ tsoi⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sam¹ coi⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sâm-chhòi [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sam´ coiˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], sam¹ coi² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ¹se-ze [Wu], se^平 ze [Wu], /se⁵⁵ ze²¹/ [Wu]
Etymology: From the I Ching. Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 三才
  1. (historical) the "three talents" - sky (天 (tiān)), earth (地) and people (人 (rén)) (one who knows all three well would be an all-rounded person) Wikipedia link: I Ching Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-三才-zh-noun-a0j0K6Xo Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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