揮毫

Chinese

		scatter; wield; wipe away	hair; drawing brush; (in the) least hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth
trad. (揮毫)		揮	毫
simp. (挥毫)		挥	毫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huīháo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟㄏㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ hou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hui-hô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huīháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟㄏㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hueiháo
  - Wade–Giles: hui¹-hao²
  - Yale: hwēi-háu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueihaur
  - Palladius: хуэйхао (xuejxao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai¹ hou⁴
  - Yale: fāi hòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ hou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ hou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ hou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-hô
  - Tâi-lô: hui-hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hui'hooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ²³/

Verb

揮毫

(formal) to wield one's writing brush; to write or draw a picture (with a brush)

Synonyms

下筆 / 下笔 (xiàbǐ)
動筆 / 动笔 (dòngbǐ)
命筆 / 命笔 (mìngbǐ) (formal)
用筆 / 用笔 (yòngbǐ)
著筆 / 着笔 (zhuóbǐ)
落筆 / 落笔 (luòbǐ)
落紙 / 落纸 (luòzhǐ) (literary)
落墨 (luòmò)
行筆 / 行笔 (xíngbǐ)
運筆 / 运笔 (yùnbǐ)

Derived terms

揮毫落紙 / 挥毫落纸