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筆墨

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See also: 笔墨

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	China ink; ink stick; (abbrev.)
trad. (筆墨)		筆	墨
simp. (笔墨)		笔	墨
anagram		墨筆／墨笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐmò

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ mak⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pit-me̍t
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pit-ba̍k / pit-be̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): big⁴ bhag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐmò
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐmò
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-mo⁴
  - Yale: bǐ-mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biimoh
  - Palladius: бимо (bimo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ mak⁶
  - Yale: bāt mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɐk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-me̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: bid^ˋ med
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pit̚² met̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-ba̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pit-ba̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pitbak
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ bak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-be̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pit-bi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pitbek
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ biɪk̚⁴/

Note: pit-be̍k - learning, knowledge.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: big⁴ bhag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pik ba̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pik̚²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/

Noun

筆墨

(literally) writing brush and ink; pen and ink
(figurative) writing; words; composition
非筆墨所能形容／非笔墨所能形容 ― fēi bǐmò suǒ néng xíngróng ― beyond description with words

Synonyms

(writing): 文字 (wénzì)

Derived terms

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