筆墨

See also: 笔墨

Chinese

	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	China ink; ink stick; (abbrev.)
trad. (筆墨)	筆	墨
simp. (笔墨)	笔	墨
anagram	墨筆／墨笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐmò

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ mak⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pit-me̍t

(Hailu, HRS): bid med^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bih⁶ bah⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pit-ba̍k / pit-be̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): big⁴ bhag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐmò
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐmò
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-mo⁴
  - Yale: bǐ-mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biimoh
  - Palladius: бимо (bimo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ mak⁶
  - Yale: bāt mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɐk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-me̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: bid^ˋ med
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pit̚² met̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bid med^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /pit⁵⁻² met²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bih⁶ bah⁷ [Phonetic: bih⁷ bah⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bih-ba̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ paʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bih⁶ bah⁷ [Phonetic: bih⁷ bah⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piʔ²⁻⁴ paʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-ba̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pit-ba̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pitbak
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ bak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-be̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pit-bi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pitbek
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ biɪk̚⁴/

Note: pit-be̍k - learning, knowledge.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: big⁴ bhag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pik ba̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pik̚²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/

Noun

筆墨

(literally) writing brush and ink; pen and ink
(figurative) writing; words; composition
非筆墨所能形容／非笔墨所能形容 ― fēi bǐmò suǒ néng xíngróng ― beyond words

Synonyms

(writing): 文字 (wénzì)

Derived terms

屠毒筆墨 / 屠毒笔墨
弄筆墨 / 弄笔墨 (nòng bǐmò)
形之筆墨 / 形之笔墨
形諸筆墨 / 形诸笔墨
浪費筆墨 / 浪费笔墨
筆墨之林 / 笔墨之林
筆墨官司 / 笔墨官司
筆墨橫姿 / 笔墨横姿
筆墨生涯 / 笔墨生涯
筆墨畦 / 笔墨畦
筆墨畦徑 / 笔墨畦径
筆墨紙硯 / 笔墨纸砚 (bǐmòzhǐyàn)
遊戲筆墨 / 游戏笔墨
風月筆墨 / 风月笔墨