秉筆直書

Chinese

		to take pen to paper; to write	to write straightforwardly; to record faithfully; vertical writing, such as East Asian traditional vertical writing
trad. (秉筆直書)		秉筆	直書
simp. (秉笔直书)		秉笔	直书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐngbǐzhíshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² bat¹ zik⁶ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐngbǐzhíshū [Phonetic: bíngbǐzhíshū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngbǐjhíhshu
    • Wade–Giles: ping³-pi³-chih²-shu¹
    • Yale: bǐng-bǐ-jŕ-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingbiijyrshu
    • Palladius: бинбичжишу (binbičžišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing² bat¹ zik⁶ syu¹
    • Yale: bíng bāt jihk syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing² bat⁷ dzik⁹ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing² bed¹ jig⁶ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚² syː⁵⁵/

Idiom

秉筆直書

1. to write the truth without fear or favor; to record faithfully