投筆

Chinese

		to throw; to send	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (投筆)		投	筆
simp. (投笔)		投	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóubǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóubǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóubǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pi³
    • Yale: tóu-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourbii
    • Palladius: тоуби (toubi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: tàuh bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵/

Verb

投筆

1. (literary, figurative, of a writer) to cease writing; to forsake the pen (for something else)

Derived terms

• 投筆從戎／投笔从戎 (tóubǐcóngróng)