鉛筆

See also: 铅笔

Chinese

lead (metal)
pen; pencil; writing brush
pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
 
trad. (鉛筆)
simp. (铅笔)
anagram 筆鉛笔铅

Pronunciation


Note: êng5 bêg4 - Jieyang.
  • Southern Pinghua
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
      • Wugniu: 1khe-piq7
      • MiniDict: khe pih
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1khe-piq4
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ piɪʔ²¹/
      • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰe⁴⁴ piɪʔ/
    • (Northern: Ningbo)
      • Wugniu: 1khae-0piq7
      • MiniDict: khae pih
      • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kʰɛ³³ piɪʔ⁴⁴/
    • (Northern: Chongming)
      • Wugniu: 1khae-piq7
      • MiniDict: khae pih
      • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kʰæ⁵⁵ piəʔ⁵/
    • (Northern: Hangzhou)
      • Wugniu: 1chien-piq7
      • MiniDict: chien pieh
      • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiẽ̞³³ piəʔ⁵⁵/
    • (Jinhua)
      • Wugniu: 1kha-piq7
      • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /kʰɑ³³ piəʔ⁴⁴/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: yenn2 bi6
      • Sinological IPA (key): /y̯ẽ¹³ pi²⁴/
    • (Loudi)
      • Wiktionary: uinn2 bi2*
      • Sinological IPA (key): /u̯ĩ¹³ pi¹³⁻³³/

Noun

鉛筆

  1. pencil; lead pencil (Classifier: ; ; )
  2. pen made from white lead, used to correct mistakes (Classifier: )
  3. (Zhao'an Hakka and Kaohsiung Hokkien) spade; shovel

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bouyei: yianfpif
  • Zhuang: yienzbit, yenzbiz

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
えん
Grade: S
ひつ > ぴつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Calque of English lead pencil

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [èńpítsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ẽ̞mpʲi̥t͡sɨ]

Noun

(えん)(ぴつ) • (enpitsu (counter )

  1. a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
えん > いん
Grade: S
ひつ > ぴつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

(いん)(ぴつ) • (inpitsu

  1. (dialect, Ibaraki) a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

鉛筆 • (yeonpil or McCune-Reischauer: yŏnp'il or Yale: yenphil) (hangeul 연필)

  1. hanja form? of 연필 (pencil)