筆者

See also: 笔者

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
trad. (筆者)		筆	者
simp. (笔者)		笔	者

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐzhě
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ze²
Min Nan (POJ): pit-chiá

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǐzhě [Phonetic: bízhě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄜˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biijee
  - IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ze²
  - Yale: bāt jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zé²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-chiá
  - Tâi-lô: pit-tsiá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pitciar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕia⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕia⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕia⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕia⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕia⁴¹/

Noun

筆者

the author; the writer

Usage notes

While writer and author can both be translated as 作家 (zuòjiā) or 作者 (zuòzhě) depending on the context, the former term can only refer to a writer who is relatively well-established, while the latter term can refer to any person who writes a text. 著者 (zhùzhě) shares the same meaning as 作者 (zuòzhě). 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě) is usually used self-reflexively.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筆	者
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronoun

筆者 (hiragana ひっしゃ, rōmaji hissha)

I, the author, the writer (in self-reference)

Related terms

著 (ちょ)者 (しゃ) (chosha)