隨筆

See also: 随笔 and 随筆

Chinese

		to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (隨筆)		隨	筆
simp. (随笔)		随	笔

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suíbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ bat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûi-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suíbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suéibǐ
    • Wade–Giles: sui²-pi³
    • Yale: swéi-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sweibii
    • Palladius: суйби (sujbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: chèuih bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-pit
    • Tâi-lô: suî-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sui'pid
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/

Noun

隨筆

1. informal essay; casual literary notes
2. jottings; notes

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (隨筆):

• → Japanese: 随筆(ずいひつ) (zuihitsu)
• → Korean: 수필(隨筆) (supil)
• → Vietnamese: tuỳ bút (隨筆)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隨	筆
ずい Hyōgai	ひつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

隨(ずい)筆(ひつ) • (zuihitsu) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 随筆 (“essay”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
隨	筆

Noun

隨筆 • (supil) (hangeul 수필)

1. hanja form^? of 수필 (“essay”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
隨	筆

Noun

隨筆

1. chữ Hán form of tuỳ bút (“essay”).