筆套

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath
trad. (筆套)		筆	套
simp. (笔套)		笔	套

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bǐtào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bi² tao⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ tou³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷piq-thau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐtào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐtào
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-tʻao⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-tàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitaw
    • Palladius: битао (bitao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐtàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐtàor
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-tʻao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: bǐ-tàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitawl
    • Palladius: битаор (bitaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bi² tao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bitao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹ tʰau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ tou³
    • Yale: bāt tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷piq-thau
    • MiniDict: pih^入 thau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq-thau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ tʰɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

筆套

1. cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush
2. pen sheath

Synonyms

• (cap of a pen):

Dialectal synonyms of 筆帽 (“cap for a writing utensil”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		筆帽, 筆套
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	筆帽兒
	Chifeng	筆帽兒, 筆套兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	筆帽兒
	Harbin	筆帽兒
	Shenyang	筆帽兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	筆帽兒
	Tangshan	筆帽兒
	Cangzhou	筆帽兒
	Baoding	筆帽兒
	Shijiazhuang	筆帽兒
	Jinan	筆帽兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	筆帽兒
	Qingdao	筆帽兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	筆帽兒
	Wanrong	筆帽
	Zhengzhou	筆帽兒
	Xi'an	筆帽兒
	Xining	筆帽兒, 筆鞘兒
	Xuzhou	筆帽兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	筆帽子, 筆套兒, 生花套套子 dated
	Lanzhou	筆帽子, 筆帽兒, 筆套兒
	Ürümqi	筆帽子, 筆套兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	筆套套兒, 筆套, 筆筒筒
	Chongqing	筆筒兒
	Wuhan	筆帽, 筆套, 筆筒子, 筆筒
	Guiyang	筆殻, 筆帽帽, 筆套
	Kunming	筆帽, 筆套
	Guilin	筆套
	Liuzhou	筆套 †, 筆筒套 ‡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	筆筒, 筆套子
	Yangzhou	筆套子, 筆套
	Nantong	筆套兒
	Hefei	筆套子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	筆套, 筆錔, 筆錔筒 ‡
	Dongguan	筆筒
Gan	Nanchang	筆筒子
	Pingxiang	筆筒
Hakka	Meixian	筆套仔
Huizhou	Jixi	筆套
	Shexian	筆套
Jin	Taiyuan	筆帽兒, 筆帽 †, 筆套 ‡
	Xinzhou	筆帽兒
	Linhe	筆帽子
	Jining	筆帽兒
	Hohhot	筆帽兒
	Zhangjiakou	筆帽兒
	Handan	筆帽兒, 筆套兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	筆筒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	筆錔, 筆錔管 ‡, 筆管錔 ‡
Southern Min	Xiamen	筆錔, 筆窒
	Quanzhou	筆窒
	Jinjiang	筆窒
	Zhangzhou	筆窒
	Shantou	筆錔
	Jieyang	筆錔
	Leizhou	筆錔
	Haikou	筆錔
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	筆套筒 †, 筆筒套 ‡
Wu	Shanghai	筆套管, 筆套
	Shanghai (Chongming)	筆套
	Suzhou	筆套
	Danyang	筆套子
	Hangzhou	筆套管, 筆套兒
	Ningbo	筆套管
	Wenzhou	筆𠖫
	Jinhua	筆套
Xiang	Changsha	筆套子, 筆筒 ‡
	Loudi	筆帽 †, 筆筒牯 ‡, 筆筒 ‡
Note	† - fountain pen; ‡ - writing brush