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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tiāncái
"他是一个数学天才。"
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Exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability.
"He had a flash of genius and solved the problem instantly."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'genius', meaning an attendant spirit present from birth, from the root 'gignere' (to beget). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a tutelary deity to an innate intellectual power, exceptional talent, or a person possessing such extraordinary mental capacity.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Genius" is said worldwide
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génie
Transliteration: génie
"C'est un véritable génie en mathématiques."
Genie
Transliteration: Genie
"Er hat das Genie von Einstein."
genio
Transliteration: genio
"Leonardo da Vinci era un genio."
genio
Transliteration: genio
"Ella es un genio de la música."
gênio
Transliteration: gênio
"Ele mostrou ser um verdadeiro gênio."
प्रतिभा
Transliteration: pratibha
"वह एक संगीत प्रतिभा है।"
天才
Transliteration: tiāncái
"他是一个数学天才。"
천재
Transliteration: cheonjae
"그는 음악적 천재이다."
天才
Transliteration: tensai
"彼は本物の天才だ。"
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