輟筆

Chinese

		stop; cease; suspend	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (輟筆)		輟	筆
simp. (辍笔)		辍	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuòbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut³ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuòbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuòbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo⁴-pi³
    • Yale: chwò-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuohbii
    • Palladius: чоби (čobi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut³ bat¹
    • Yale: jyut bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁸ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud³ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵/

Verb

輟筆

1. (literary) to rest one's writing brush: to stop writing

See also

• 絕筆／绝笔 (juébǐ)