筆尾

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	tail
trad. (筆尾)		筆	尾
simp. (笔尾)		笔	尾

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bih⁶ bue³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-bé / pit-bóe / pit-bér

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bih⁶ bue³ [Phonetic: bih⁷ bue³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ puei⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bih⁶ bue³ [Phonetic: bih⁷ bue³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piʔ²⁻²⁴ puei³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-bé
    • Tâi-lô: pit-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitbea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: pit-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitboea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-bér
    • Tâi-lô: pit-bér

Noun

筆尾

1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) tip of a writing utensil
2. (Hokkien) vigor of style in writing; stroke; touch
3. (Puxian Min, figuratively) pen; ability to write

   筆尾刣儂／笔尾刣侬 [Puxian Min]  ―  bih6 bue3 tai2 nang2 [Pouseng Ping'ing]  ―  to kill people with one's pen

Synonyms

• 筆鋒／笔锋 (bǐfēng)
• 筆頭／笔头 (bǐtóu)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “笔尾”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 41.