秉筆
See also: 秉笔
Chinese
| to grasp; hold; maintain | pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (秉筆) | 秉 | 筆 | |
| simp. (秉笔) | 秉 | 笔 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bǐngbǐ [Phonetic: bíngbǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngbǐ
- Wade–Giles: ping3-pi3
- Yale: bǐng-bǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingbii
- Palladius: бинби (binbi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb
秉筆
- (literary) to take pen to paper; to write