鉛筆

See also: 铅笔

Chinese

		lead (metal)	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (鉛筆)		鉛	筆
simp. (铅笔)		铅	笔
anagram		筆鉛／笔铅

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 鉛筆(えんぴつ) (enpitsu, “pencil”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 鉛筆／铅笔 (qiānbǐ, “pen made from lead powder”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyun⁴ bat¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yon³ bit²

• Gan (Wiktionary): nyyon⁴ 'bit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-pit / yàn-pit
• Jin (Wiktionary): qie¹ bieh⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): iòng-bék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iân-pit / ên-pit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ing⁵ big⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khe-piq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): yan² bi⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-pi³
    • Yale: chyān-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianbii
    • Palladius: цяньби (cjanʹbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: yùhn bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 完畢／完毕 鉛筆／铅笔

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yon³ bit²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jᵘɔn²² pit̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyyon⁴ 'bit⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲyɵn³⁵ ˈpit̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-pit
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ bid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan<sup>2</sup> bid<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ pit̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-pit
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ bid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² bid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ pit̚²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qie¹ bieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie¹¹ piəʔ²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng-bék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)mɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-pit
    • Tâi-lô: iân-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienpid
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ên-pit
    • Tâi-lô: ên-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: enpid
    • IPA (Penang): /ɛn²³⁻²¹ pit̚³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ing⁵ big⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îng pik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pik̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khe-piq
    • MiniDict: khe^平 pih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-piq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ piɪʔ²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: yan² bi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y̯æn¹³ pi²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鉛筆

1. pencil; lead pencil (Classifier: 枝; 支)
2. pen made from white lead, used to correct mistakes (Classifier: 枝)

Descendants

• → Bouyei: yianfpif
• → Zhuang: yienzbit, yenzbiz

(deprecated template usage)

---

Japanese

鉛筆

Kanji in this term
鉛	筆
えん Grade: S	ひつ > ぴつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Calque of English lead pencil

Noun

鉛(えん)筆(ぴつ) • (enpitsu)  (counter 本)

1. a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)

Derived terms

• 鉛筆画

Descendants

• → Amis: impic
• → Chinese: 鉛筆／铅笔 (qiānbǐ)
  • → Bouyei: yianfpif
  • → Zhuang: yienzbit, yenzbiz
• → Korean: 연필 (yeonpil)
• → Vietnamese: (calque) bút chì

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

---

Korean

Hanja in this term
鉛	筆

Noun

鉛筆 • (yeonpil or McCune-Reischauer: yŏnp'il or Yale: yenphil) (hangeul 연필)

1. hanja form^? of 연필 (“pencil”)