動筆

See also: 动笔

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (動筆)		動	筆
simp. (动笔)		动	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ bat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāng-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-pi³
    • Yale: dùng-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqbii
    • Palladius: дунби (dunbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ bat¹
    • Yale: duhng bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² pɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāng-pit
    • Tâi-lô: tāng-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxngpid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/

Verb

動筆

1. to take up the pen; to start writing; to put pen to paper

Synonyms

• 下筆／下笔 (xiàbǐ)
• 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)
• 運筆／运笔 (yùnbǐ)