下筆

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (下筆)		下	筆
simp. (下笔)		下	笔
anagram		筆下／笔下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hē-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pi³
    • Yale: syà-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbii
    • Palladius: сяби (sjabi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ bat¹
    • Yale: hah bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² pɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-pit
    • Tâi-lô: hē-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexpid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/

Verb

下筆

1. to put pen to paper; to begin to write, draw or paint

Synonyms

• 動筆／动笔 (dòngbǐ)
• 命筆／命笔 (mìngbǐ) (formal)
• 揮毫／挥毫 (huīháo) (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

• 下筆如有神／下笔如有神 (xiàbǐ rú yǒu shén)
• 下筆如神／下笔如神 (xiàbǐ rú shén)