文筆

See also: 文笔

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (文筆)		文	筆
simp. (文笔)		文	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ bat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-pi³
    • Yale: wén-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenbii
    • Palladius: вэньби (vɛnʹbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: màhn bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-pit
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunpid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/

Noun

文筆

1. style of writing

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文筆):

• → Japanese: 文筆(ぶんぴつ) (bunpitsu)
• → Korean: 문필(文筆) (munpil)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	筆
ぶん Grade: 1	ひつ > ぴつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)筆(ぴつ) • (bunpitsu) 

1. writing, literary work

   それを機(き)に彼(かれ)は文筆(ぶんぴつ)を断(た)った。

   Sore o ki ni kare wa bunpitsu o tatta.

   He stopped writing since then.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.