筆耕

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	to plough; to till
trad. (筆耕)		筆	耕
simp. (笔耕)		笔	耕

Etymology

Compare with 舌耕 (shégēng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐgēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄍㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gaang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐgēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄍㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐgeng
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-kêng¹
    • Yale: bǐ-gēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biigeng
    • Palladius: бигэн (bigɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gaang¹
    • Yale: bāt gāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gaang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kaːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

筆耕

1. (literary) to engage in writing

Synonyms

• 作文 (zuòwén) (to write an essay or composition)
• 執筆／执笔 (zhíbǐ)
• 寫作／写作 (xiězuò)
• 寫字／写字 (xiězì)
• 屬文／属文 (zhǔwén) (literary, to compose prose)
• 提筆／提笔 (tíbǐ)
• 援筆／援笔 (yuánbǐ) (literary)
• 撰 (zhuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撰寫 (zhuànxiě)
• 撰著 (zhuànzhù) (to write a book)
• 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
• 書寫／书写 (shūxiě)
• 綴文／缀文 (zhuìwén) (literary, to write a composition)
• 編寫／编写 (biānxiě)
• 著作 (zhùzuò)
• 著述 (zhùshù)
• 行文 (xíngwén)
• 行筆／行笔 (xíngbǐ) (literary, to write an essay or composition)
• 製作／制作 (zhìzuò)
• 譔文／撰文 (zhuànwén) (to write an article)