毛筆

See also: 毛笔

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (毛筆)		毛	筆
simp. (毛笔)		毛	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): máobǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄅㄧˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mao² bi²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ bat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô-pit
• Jin (Wiktionary): mau¹ bieh⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-pit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵ bêg⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mau-piq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máobǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máobǐ
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-pi³
    • Yale: máu-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maubii
    • Palladius: маоби (maobi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mao² bi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: maobi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau²¹ pi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: mòuh bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 毛筆／毛笔 無不／无不

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-pit
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo´ bid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹ bid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴ pit̚²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mau¹ bieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau¹¹ piəʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-pit
    • Tâi-lô: môo-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'pid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mo⁵ bêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô pek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pek̚²/

Note: mo5 bêg4 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mau-piq
    • MiniDict: mau^去 pih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau-piq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²² piɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

毛筆

1. calligraphy brush; inkbrush (Classifier: 枝 m c mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毛筆 (“calligraphy brush; inkbrush”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		管, 翰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毛筆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	毛筆
	Taiwan	毛筆
	Ulanhot	水筆
	Tongliao	水筆
	Chifeng	毛筆
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	水筆
	Harbin	毛筆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	毛筆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	水筆, 毛筆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毛筆
	Wanrong	毛筆, 生紅 dated
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	生胡
	Zhengzhou	毛筆
	Xi'an	毛筆, 墨筆, 生活 dated
	Xining	生活, 筆
	Xuzhou	毛筆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	毛筆, 生花 dated
	Bayanhot	毛筆
	Lanzhou	生活
	Ürümqi	毛筆, 生活 dated
	Jimsar	生活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	毛筆, 墨筆
	Wuhan	毛筆, 墨筆 dated
	Guiyang	墨筆, 毛筆
	Liuzhou	毛筆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	墨筆, 毛筆
	Yangzhou	毛筆
	Hefei	毛筆, 墨筆
Mandarin	Singapore	毛筆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Hong Kong	毛筆
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	毛筆
	Dongguan	毛筆
	Yangjiang	毛筆, 墨筆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	毛筆
Gan	Nanchang	墨筆
	Lichuan	毛筆
	Pingxiang	墨筆
Hakka	Meixian	毛筆, 水筆
	Changting	毛筆
	Wuping	毛筆
	Ninghua	筆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毛筆, 水筆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	毛筆, 水筆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	毛筆, 水筆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	毛筆, 水筆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	毛筆, 水筆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毛筆, 膨筆, 水筆
	Hong Kong	毛筆
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	毛筆
	Senai (Huiyang)	毛筆
Huizhou	Jixi	毛筆
Jin	Taiyuan	毛筆, 筆
	Xinzhou	毛筆
	Taibus (Baochang)	毛筆
	Linhe	毛筆
	Jining	毛筆
	Hohhot	毛筆
	Baotou	毛筆
	Dongsheng	毛筆
	Haibowan	毛筆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	毛筆, 水筆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	毛筆, 墨筆, 水筆
	Fuzhou (Changle)	毛筆
	Fuqing	毛筆, 水筆
	Yongtai	水筆
	Gutian	水筆
	Fu'an	水筆
	Ningde	墨筆
	Shouning	墨筆
	Zhouning	墨筆
	Fuding	墨筆
Southern Min	Xiamen	水筆, 毛筆
	Quanzhou	毛筆
	Zhangzhou	水筆, 毛筆
	Penang (Hokkien)	毛筆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	毛筆
	Manila (Hokkien)	毛筆
	Chaozhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	毛筆
	Haikou	毛筆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	毛筆
Wu	Shanghai	毛筆, 墨筆
	Suzhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Danyang	毛筆, 墨筆
	Hangzhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Ningbo	墨筆
	Wenzhou	墨筆
	Jinhua	墨筆, 毛筆
Xiang	Changsha	墨筆
	Loudi	墨筆
	Shuangfeng	墨筆, 寫字筆, 筆

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (毛筆):

• → Japanese: 毛筆(もうひつ) (mōhitsu)
• → Korean: 모필(毛筆) (mopil)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毛	筆
もう Grade: 2	ひつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もーひつ [mòóhítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ːçit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

毛(もう)筆(ひつ) • (mōhitsu) 

1. a calligraphy brush; paintbrush

   Synonym: 筆 (fude)