落筆

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (落筆)		落	筆
simp. (落笔)		落	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ bat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-pi³
    • Yale: lwò-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohbii
    • Palladius: лоби (lobi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ bat¹
    • Yale: lohk bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-pit
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqpid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pit̚³²/

Verb

落筆

1. to put pen to paper; to begin to write, draw or paint

Synonyms

• 下筆／下笔 (xiàbǐ)
• 動筆／动笔 (dòngbǐ)
• 命筆／命笔 (mìngbǐ) (formal)
• 揮毫／挥毫 (huīháo) (formal)
• 用筆／用笔 (yòngbǐ)
• 著筆／着笔 (zhuóbǐ)
• 落紙／落纸 (luòzhǐ) (literary)
• 落墨 (luòmò)
• 行筆／行笔 (xíngbǐ)
• 運筆／运笔 (yùnbǐ)