軟筆

Chinese

		soft; flexible	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (軟筆)		軟	筆
simp. (软笔)		软	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎnbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ bat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nńg-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎnbǐ [Phonetic: ruánbǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎnbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: juan³-pi³
    • Yale: rwǎn-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roanbii
    • Palladius: жуаньби (žuanʹbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ bat¹
    • Yale: yúhn bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nńg-pit
    • Tâi-lô: nńg-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngfpid
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

Noun

軟筆

1. soft-tipped writing utensil; writing brush; brush pen

Antonyms

• 硬筆／硬笔 (yìngbǐ)