筆墨紙硯

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	China ink; ink stick; (abbrev.)	paper	ink-stone
trad. (筆墨紙硯)		筆	墨	紙	硯
simp. (笔墨纸砚)		笔	墨	纸	砚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐmòzhǐyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄓˇ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ mak⁶ zi² hin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐmòzhǐyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄓˇ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐmòjhǐhyàn
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-mo⁴-chih³-yen⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-mwò-jř-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biimohjyyyann
    • Palladius: бимочжиянь (bimočžijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ mak⁶ zi² hin²
    • Yale: bāt mahk jí hín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ mak⁹ dzi² hin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ meg⁶ ji² hin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɐk̚² t͡siː³⁵ hiːn³⁵/

Idiom

筆墨紙硯

1. brush, ink, paper and inkstone; Four Treasures of the Study

See also

• 文房四寶／文房四宝 (wénfángsìbǎo)