揮毫

Chinese

		scatter; wield; wipe away	hair; drawing brush; (in the) least hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth
trad. (揮毫)		揮	毫
simp. (挥毫)		挥	毫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huīháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ hou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hui-hô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huīháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueiháo
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-hao²
    • Yale: hwēi-háu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueihaur
    • Palladius: хуэйхао (xuejxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai¹ hou⁴
    • Yale: fāi hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ hou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ hou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ hou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-hô
    • Tâi-lô: hui-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hui'hooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ²³/

Verb

揮毫

1. (formal) to wield one's writing brush; to write or draw a picture (with a brush)

Synonyms

• 下筆／下笔 (xiàbǐ)
• 動筆／动笔 (dòngbǐ)
• 命筆／命笔 (mìngbǐ) (formal)
• 用筆／用笔 (yòngbǐ)
• 著筆／着笔 (zhuóbǐ)
• 落筆／落笔 (luòbǐ)
• 落紙／落纸 (luòzhǐ) (literary)
• 落墨 (luòmò)
• 行筆／行笔 (xíngbǐ)
• 運筆／运笔 (yùnbǐ)

 

Derived terms

• 揮毫落紙／挥毫落纸