筆法

See also: 笔法

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (筆法)		筆	法
simp. (笔法)		笔	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ faat³
• Eastern Min (BUC): bék-huák
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-hoat
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷piq-faq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi⁶ fa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐfǎ [Phonetic: bífǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-fa³
    • Yale: bǐ-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biifaa
    • Palladius: бифа (bifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ faat³
    • Yale: bāt faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bék-huák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ huɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: pit-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pithoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷piq-faq
    • MiniDict: pih^入 fah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq-faq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ faʔ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bi⁶ fa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴ ɸa̠²⁴/

Noun

筆法

1. style of writing or drawing; penmanship
2. (Xiang) stroke order in which Chinese characters are written

Synonyms

• (style of writing): 筆路／笔路 (bǐlù)
• (stroke order): 筆順／笔顺 (bǐshùn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (筆法):

• → Japanese: 筆法(ひっぽう) (hippō)
• → Korean: 필법(筆法) (pilbeop)
• → Vietnamese: bút pháp (筆法)