運筆

Chinese

		to move; to transport; to use to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (運筆)		運	筆
simp. (运笔)		运	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùnbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùnbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùnbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: yün⁴-pi³
    • Yale: yùn-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunnbii
    • Palladius: юньби (junʹbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁶ bat¹
    • Yale: wahn bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² pɐt̚⁵/

Verb

運筆

1. to wield one's pen (to write or draw)

Synonyms

• 下筆／下笔 (xiàbǐ)
• 動筆／动笔 (dòngbǐ)
• 命筆／命笔 (mìngbǐ) (formal)
• 揮毫／挥毫 (huīháo) (formal)
• 用筆／用笔 (yòngbǐ)
• 著筆／着笔 (zhuóbǐ)
• 落筆／落笔 (luòbǐ)
• 落紙／落纸 (luòzhǐ) (literary)
• 落墨 (luòmò)
• 行筆／行笔 (xíngbǐ)

 

Derived terms

• 運筆如飛／运笔如飞

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
運	筆
うん Grade: 3	ひつ > ぴつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うんぴつ [ùńpítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝmpʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

運(うん)筆(ぴつ) • (unpitsu) 

1. the way in which a calligrapher moves the brush