筆墨

See also: 笔墨

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	China ink; ink stick; (abbrev.)
trad. (筆墨)		筆	墨
simp. (笔墨)		笔	墨
anagram		墨筆／墨笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ mak⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pit-me̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-ba̍k / pit-be̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐmò
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-mo⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biimoh
    • Palladius: бимо (bimo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ mak⁶
    • Yale: bāt mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɐk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-me̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: bid` med
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pit̚² met̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pit-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitbak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ bak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-be̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pit-bi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitbek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ biɪk̚⁴/

Note: pit-be̍k - learning, knowledge.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 筆墨

1. (literally) writing brush and ink; pen and ink
2. (figurative) writing; words; composition

Synonyms

• (writing): 翰墨 (hànmò), 文字 (wénzì)

Derived terms

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