文筆

See also: 文笔

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (文筆)		文	筆
simp. (文笔)		文	笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénbǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ bat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-pit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénbǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnbǐ
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-pi³
  - Yale: wén-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenbii
  - Palladius: вэньби (vɛnʹbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ bat¹
  - Yale: màhn bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ bed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-pit
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunpid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/

Noun

文筆

style of writing
skill of writing

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文筆):

→ Japanese: 文筆(ぶんぴつ) (bunpitsu)
→ Korean: 문필(文筆) (munpil)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	筆
ぶん Grade: 1	ひつ > ぴつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)筆(ぴつ) • (bunpitsu)

writing, literary work
それを機(き)に彼(かれ)は文筆(ぶんぴつ)を断(た)った。
Sore o ki ni kare wa bunpitsu o tatta.
He stopped writing since then.

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.