刀筆

Chinese

		knife	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (刀筆)		刀	筆
simp. (刀笔)		刀	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāobǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāobǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daobǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-pi³
    • Yale: dāu-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daubii
    • Palladius: даоби (daobi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ bat¹
    • Yale: dōu bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

Noun

刀筆

1. (historical) writing up of official or judicial documents; pettifoggery
2. (historical) Short for 刀筆吏／刀笔吏.

Derived terms

• 刀筆吏 / 刀笔吏