行筆

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (行筆)		行	筆
simp. (行笔)		行	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-pi³
    • Yale: syíng-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngbii
    • Palladius: синби (sinbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: hàhng bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵/

Verb

行筆

1. to take up the pen; to start writing; to put pen to paper
2. (literary) to write an essay or composition
3. (Chinese calligraphy) to continue writing the stroke of a Chinese character (after putting pen to paper)

Synonyms

• (to take up the pen):

• 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)
• 落筆／落笔 (luòbǐ)
• 落紙／落纸 (luòzhǐ) (literary)
• 落墨 (luòmò)
• 運筆／运笔 (yùnbǐ)

 

• (to write):

• 作文 (zuòwén) (to write an essay or composition)
• 執筆／执笔 (zhíbǐ)
• 寫作／写作 (xiězuò)
• 寫字／写字 (xiězì)
• 屬文／属文 (zhǔwén) (literary, to compose prose)
• 提筆／提笔 (tíbǐ)
• 援筆／援笔 (yuánbǐ) (literary)
• 撰 (zhuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撰寫 (zhuànxiě)
• 撰著 (zhuànzhù) (to write a book)
• 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
• 書寫／书写 (shūxiě)
• 筆耕／笔耕 (bǐgēng) (literary)
• 綴文／缀文 (zhuìwén) (literary, to write a composition)
• 編寫／编写 (biānxiě)
• 著作 (zhùzuò)
• 著述 (zhùshù)
• 行文 (xíngwén)
• 製作／制作 (zhìzuò)
• 譔文／撰文 (zhuànwén) (to write an article)