封筆

Chinese

		to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (封筆)		封	筆
simp. (封笔)		封	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-pi³
    • Yale: fēng-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengbii
    • Palladius: фэнби (fɛnbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ bat¹
    • Yale: fūng bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

Verb

封⫽筆 (verb-object)

1. (of a writer, painter, calligrapher, etc.) to retire

See also

• 封麥／封麦 (fēngmài)