秉筆

See also: 秉笔

Chinese

		to grasp; hold; maintain	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (秉筆)		秉	筆
simp. (秉笔)		秉	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐngbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐngbǐ [Phonetic: bíngbǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ping³-pi³
    • Yale: bǐng-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingbii
    • Palladius: бинби (binbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

秉筆

1. (literary) to take pen to paper; to write