筆談

See also: 笔谈

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (筆談)		筆	談
simp. (笔谈)		笔	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐtán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ taam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-tâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐtán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐtán
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-tʻan²
    • Yale: bǐ-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitarn
    • Palladius: битань (bitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ taam⁴
    • Yale: bāt tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: pit-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitdaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ tam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ tam²³/

Verb

筆談

1. to communicate by pen and paper
2. to express one's opinion in writing

Noun

筆談

1. conversations; essays (often used in book titles)

Synonyms

• 筆記／笔记 (bǐjì)

Derived terms

• 夢溪筆談／梦溪笔谈 (Mèng Xī Bǐtán)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (筆談):

• → Japanese: 筆(ひつ)談(だん) (hitsudan)
• → Korean: 필담(筆談) (pildam)
• → Vietnamese: bút đàm (筆談)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筆	談
ひつ Grade: 3	だん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひつだん [hìtsúdáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çit͡sɨdã̠ɴ]

Noun

筆(ひつ)談(だん) • (hitsudan) 

1. communication by pen and paper

Coordinate terms

• 口談(こうだん) (kōdan)

Verb

筆(ひつ)談(だん)する • (hitsudan suru) suru (stem 筆(ひつ)談(だん)し (hitsudan shi), past 筆(ひつ)談(だん)した (hitsudan shita))

1. to communicate by pen and paper

Conjugation

Conjugation of "筆談する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	筆談し	ひつだんし	hitsudan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	筆談し	ひつだんし	hitsudan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	筆談する	ひつだんする	hitsudan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	筆談する	ひつだんする	hitsudan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	筆談すれ	ひつだんすれ	hitsudan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	筆談せよ¹ 筆談しろ²	ひつだんせよ¹ ひつだんしろ²	hitsudan seyo¹ hitsudan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	筆談される	ひつだんされる	hitsudan sareru
Causative	筆談させる 筆談さす	ひつだんさせる ひつだんさす	hitsudan saseru hitsudan sasu
Potential	筆談できる	ひつだんできる	hitsudan dekiru
Volitional	筆談しよう	ひつだんしよう	hitsudan shiyō
Negative	筆談しない	ひつだんしない	hitsudan shinai
Negative continuative	筆談せず	ひつだんせず	hitsudan sezu
Formal	筆談します	ひつだんします	hitsudan shimasu
Perfective	筆談した	ひつだんした	hitsudan shita
Conjunctive	筆談して	ひつだんして	hitsudan shite
Hypothetical conditional	筆談すれば	ひつだんすれば	hitsudan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
筆	談

Noun

筆談 • (pildam) (hangeul 필담)

1. hanja form^? of 필담 (“written conversation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
筆	談

Noun

筆談

1. chữ Hán form of bút đàm (“written dialogue; textual discussion”).