墨筆

Chinese

	China ink; ink stick; (abbrev.)	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (墨筆)	墨	筆
simp. (墨笔)	墨	笔
anagram	筆墨／笔墨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mòbǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄅㄧˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): me² bi²
Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ bat¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'met⁶ bit⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): me̍t-pit
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag⁸ big⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸meq-piq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòbǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòbǐ
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-pi³
  - Yale: mwò-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohbii
  - Palladius: моби (mobi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: me² bi²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mebi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛ²¹ pi²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mak⁶ bat¹
  - Yale: mahk bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ bed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² pɐt̚⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'met⁶ bit⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈmɛt̚⁵ pit̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t-pit
  - Hakka Romanization System: med bid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: med⁶ bid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵ pit̚²/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhag⁸ big⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k pik
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bak̚⁴⁻² pik̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸meq-piq
  - MiniDict: meh^入 pih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵meq-piq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ piɪʔ²³/

Noun

墨筆

calligraphy brush; inkbrush (Classifier: 枝)
brush pen; fudepen (Classifier: 枝)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毛筆 (“calligraphy brush; inkbrush”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		管, 翰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毛筆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	毛筆
	Taiwan	毛筆
	Ulanhot	水筆
	Tongliao	水筆
	Chifeng	毛筆
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	水筆
	Harbin	毛筆
	Singapore	毛筆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	毛筆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	水筆, 毛筆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毛筆
	Wanrong	毛筆, 生紅 dated
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	生胡
	Zhengzhou	毛筆
	Xi'an	毛筆, 墨筆, 生活 dated
	Xining	生活, 筆
	Xuzhou	毛筆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	毛筆, 生花 dated
	Bayanhot	毛筆
	Lanzhou	生活
	Ürümqi	毛筆, 生活 dated
	Jimsar	生活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	毛筆, 墨筆
	Wuhan	毛筆, 墨筆 dated
	Guiyang	墨筆, 毛筆
	Liuzhou	毛筆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	墨筆, 毛筆
	Yangzhou	毛筆
	Hefei	毛筆, 墨筆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Hong Kong	毛筆
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	毛筆
	Dongguan	毛筆
	Yangjiang	毛筆, 墨筆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	毛筆
Gan	Nanchang	墨筆
	Lichuan	毛筆
	Pingxiang	墨筆
Hakka	Meixian	毛筆, 水筆
	Changting	毛筆
	Wuping	毛筆
	Ninghua	筆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毛筆, 水筆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	毛筆, 水筆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	毛筆, 水筆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	毛筆, 水筆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	毛筆, 水筆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毛筆, 膨筆, 水筆
	Hong Kong	毛筆
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	毛筆
	Senai (Huiyang)	毛筆
Huizhou	Jixi	毛筆
Jin	Taiyuan	毛筆, 筆
	Xinzhou	毛筆
	Taibus (Baochang)	毛筆
	Linhe	毛筆
	Jining	毛筆
	Hohhot	毛筆
	Baotou	毛筆
	Dongsheng	毛筆
	Haibowan	毛筆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	毛筆, 水筆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	毛筆, 墨筆, 水筆
	Fuzhou (Changle)	毛筆
	Fuqing	毛筆, 水筆
	Yongtai	水筆
	Gutian	水筆
	Fu'an	水筆
	Ningde	墨筆
	Shouning	墨筆
	Zhouning	墨筆
	Fuding	墨筆
Southern Min	Xiamen	水筆, 毛筆
	Quanzhou	毛筆
	Zhangzhou	水筆, 毛筆
	Penang (Hokkien)	毛筆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	毛筆
	Manila (Hokkien)	毛筆
	Chaozhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	毛筆
	Haikou	毛筆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	毛筆
Wu	Shanghai	毛筆, 墨筆
	Suzhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Danyang	毛筆, 墨筆
	Hangzhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Ningbo	墨筆
	Wenzhou	墨筆
	Jinhua	墨筆, 毛筆
Xiang	Changsha	墨筆
	Loudi	墨筆
	Shuangfeng	墨筆, 寫字筆, 筆

Verb

墨筆

(literary) to dab an inkbrush in ink