敗筆

Chinese

		be defeated; to defeat; loss	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (敗筆)		敗	筆
simp. (败笔)		败	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàibǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai⁶ bat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pāi-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàibǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàibǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-pi³
    • Yale: bài-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baybii
    • Palladius: байби (bajbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai⁶ bat¹
    • Yale: baaih bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai⁶ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai⁶ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pāi-pit
    • Tâi-lô: pāi-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paixpid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pai²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/

Noun

敗筆

1. faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting
2. poor expression, or flaw in writing
3. (figurative) bad part
4. (literary) worn out inkbrush