書契

See also: 书契

Chinese

		to write	to crave; to engrave
trad. (書契)		書	契
simp. (书契)		书	契

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ kai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shucì
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: shū-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuchih
    • Palladius: шуци (šuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ kai³
    • Yale: syū kai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ kai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ kei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ kʰɐi̯³³/

Noun

書契

1. (archaic) written script; writing; characters; calligraphy
2. (archaic) written evidence; certificate; deed
3. (archaic) literary club

Synonyms

• (calligraphy):

• 書法／书法 (shūfǎ)
• 書藝／书艺 (shūyì) (archaic, Korean calligraphy)
• 書道／书道 (shūdào) (Japanese calligraphy)