弄筆墨

Chinese

		to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley	writing brush and ink; pen and ink; writing writing brush and ink; pen and ink; writing; words; composition
trad. (弄筆墨)		弄	筆墨
simp. (弄笔墨)		弄	笔墨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nòng bǐmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāng-pit-ba̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nòng bǐmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nòng bǐmò
    • Wade–Giles: nung⁴ pi³-mo⁴
    • Yale: nùng bǐ-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nonq biimoh
    • Palladius: нун бимо (nun bimo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāng-pit-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lāng-pit-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laxngpitbak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²⁻⁵ bak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/

Verb

弄筆墨

1. (usually derogatory) to wield the pen; to be skilled in literary tricks

Synonyms

• 耍筆桿／耍笔杆 (shuǎ bǐgǎn)