收筆

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (收筆)		收	筆
simp. (收笔)		收	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōubǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄅㄧˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōubǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shoubǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-pi³
    • Yale: shōu-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoubii
    • Palladius: шоуби (šoubi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-pit
    • Tâi-lô: siu-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'pid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ pit̚³²/

Verb

收筆

1. (Chinese character) to conclude the writing of a stroke of a Chinese character by lifting up the inkbrush
2. (figurative) to finish writing