絕筆

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (絕筆)		絕	筆
simp. (绝笔)		绝	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juébǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ bat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juébǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuébǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-pi³
    • Yale: jywé-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuebii
    • Palladius: цзюэби (czjuebi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut⁶ bat¹
    • Yale: jyuht bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² pɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-pit
    • Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoadpid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚²⁴⁻² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² pit̚³²/

Verb

絕筆

1. (literary) to cease or stop writing

See also

• 輟筆／辍笔 (chuòbǐ)

Noun

絕筆

1. the last written work, calligraphy, painting, etc. produced by a person before death
2. masterpiece; ingenious work