鐵筆

See also: 铁笔

Chinese

		iron	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (鐵筆)		鐵	筆
simp. (铁笔)		铁	笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiěbǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ bat¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ti⁵ bih⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thih-pit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiěbǐ [Phonetic: tiébǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiěbǐ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-pi³
  - Yale: tyě-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieebii
  - Palladius: теби (tebi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tit³ bat¹
  - Yale: tit bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: tid³ bed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ti⁵ bih⁶ [Phonetic: ti⁴ ih⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tī-bih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹⁻⁴² ^(p-)iʔ¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ti⁵ bih⁶ [Phonetic: ti⁴ bhih⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹⁻⁴² ^(p-)βiʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-pit
  - Tâi-lô: thih-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tihpid
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ pit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pit̚³²/

Note:

“stencil pen; fountain pen”.

Noun

鐵筆

cutting tool used in carving seals, etc.
stylus for cutting stencils; stencil pen
(Hokkien, Puxian Min) fountain pen
(Cantonese) crowbar; prybar

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鋼筆 (“fountain pen”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋼筆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鋼筆, 自來水兒筆
	Taiwan	鋼筆
	Ulanhot	鋼筆
	Tongliao	鋼筆
	Chifeng	鋼筆
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鋼筆
	Harbin	鋼筆, 水筆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鋼筆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Wanrong	水筆
	Zhengzhou	鋼筆
	Xi'an	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Xining	鋼筆
	Xuzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鋼生花
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	鋼生花
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Bayanhot	鋼筆
	Lanzhou	自來水筆, 水筆
	Ürümqi	鋼筆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Wuhan	鋼筆, 靛筆, 自來水筆
	Guiyang	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Kunming	水筆
	Liuzhou	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水筆 dated, 洋筆 dated
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Yangzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Hefei	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鋼筆, 墨水筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Hong Kong	鋼筆, 墨水筆
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	墨水筆
	Foshan	墨水筆
	Foshan (Shunde)	墨水筆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	墨水筆
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	水筆
	Taishan	鋼筆, 墨水筆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	墨水筆
	Dongguan	墨水筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Shaoguan	墨水筆
	Yunfu	墨水筆
	Yangjiang	水筆
	Xinyi	鋼筆, 水筆
	Lianjiang	水筆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	墨水筆
	Yangon (Taishan)	鋼筆
	Mandalay (Taishan)	水筆
Gan	Nanchang	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Lichuan	鋼筆
	Pingxiang	自來水筆, 水筆
Hakka	Meixian	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Yudu	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鋼筆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鋼筆
	Hong Kong	水筆
	Senai (Huiyang)	鋼筆
Huizhou	Jixi	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Jin	Taiyuan	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Xinzhou	水筆
	Taibus (Baochang)	鋼筆
	Linhe	鋼筆
	Jining	鋼筆
	Hohhot	鋼筆
	Baotou	鋼筆
	Dongsheng	鋼筆
	Haibowan	水筆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鋼筆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Eastern Min	Fuqing	鋼筆
Southern Min	Xiamen	鐵筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Quanzhou	鐵筆, 水筆, 鋼筆
	Jinjiang	鐵筆
	Zhangzhou	鐵筆, 鋼筆
	Zhangpu	鐵筆
	Taipei	萬年筆, 鋼筆
	Kaohsiung	萬年筆, 鋼筆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	墨水筆, 番人筆 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	水筆, 墨水筆
	Chaozhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鋼筆
	Leizhou	水筆
	Haikou	水筆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	水筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
Wu	Shanghai	鋼筆, 墨水筆, 自來水筆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鋼筆
	Suzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Danyang	自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Hangzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Ningbo	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Wenzhou	藍水筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Jinhua	鋼筆
Xiang	Changsha	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Loudi	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Shuangfeng	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆

(crowbar):

edit

bá-luh (Taiwanese Hokkien)
撬棒 (qiàobàng)
撬棍 (qiàogùn)
撬槓 / 撬杠 (qiàogàng)
鐵挺 / 铁挺 (tiětǐng)
鐵撬 / 铁撬 (tiěqiào)

Derived terms

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), “铁笔”, 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 536.