筆桿

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	stick; pole
trad. (筆桿)		筆	桿
simp. (笔杆)		笔	杆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐgǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄍㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-koáiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐgǎn [Phonetic: bígǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄍㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐgǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-kan³
    • Yale: bǐ-gǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biigaan
    • Palladius: бигань (biganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐgǎnr [Phonetic: bígǎnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄍㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐgǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-kan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bǐ-gǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biigaal
    • Palladius: биганьр (biganʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gon¹
    • Yale: bāt gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 不乾 / 不干 不干

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-koáiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pit-kuáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitkvoae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ kuãi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuãi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ kuãi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ kuãi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ kuãi⁴¹/

Noun

筆桿

1. shaft of a pen or writing bush; penholder
2. (figuratively) good writer; literary spokesman
3. (figuratively) ability to write

Synonyms

• (shaft of a pen): 筆桿子／笔杆子 (bǐgǎnzi)
• (good writer): 筆桿子／笔杆子 (bǐgǎnzi)
• (ability to write): 筆桿子／笔杆子 (bǐgǎnzi)