筆談

See also: 笔谈

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (筆談)		筆	談
simp. (笔谈)		笔	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐtán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ taam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-tâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐtán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐtán
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-tʻan²
    • Yale: bǐ-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitarn
    • Palladius: битань (bitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ taam⁴
    • Yale: bāt tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: pit-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitdaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ tam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ tam²³/

Verb

筆談

1. to communicate by pen and paper
2. to express one's opinion in writing

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 筆談

1. conversations; essays (often used in book titles)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (筆談):

• → Japanese: 筆(ひつ)談(だん) (hitsudan)
• → Korean: 필담(筆談) (pildam)
• → Vietnamese: Bút đàm (筆談)