伏筆

Chinese

		conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (伏筆)		伏	筆
simp. (伏笔)		伏	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ bat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍k-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-pi³
    • Yale: fú-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwubii
    • Palladius: фуби (fubi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk⁶ bat¹
    • Yale: fuhk bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k-pit
    • Tâi-lô: ho̍k-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hogpid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚²⁴⁻² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² pit̚³²/

Noun

伏筆

1. foreshadowing; hint foreshadowing later developments in a story

Synonyms

• (literary) 張本／张本 (zhāngběn)