萬年筆

See also: 万年筆 and 万年笔

Chinese

		ten thousand years; all ages; eternity	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (萬年筆)		萬年	筆
simp. (万年笔)		万年	笔

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 万年筆 (mannenhitsu, mannenfude).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànniánbǐ
(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˇ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-ngièn-pit / van-ngiàn-pit
Min Nan (POJ): bān-liân-pit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànniánbǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànniánbǐ
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-nien²-pi³
  - Yale: wàn-nyán-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannnianbii
  - Palladius: ваньняньби (vanʹnjanʹbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ njɛn³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-ngièn-pit
  - Hakka Romanization System: van ngienˇ bid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ ngian² bid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ ɲi̯en¹¹ pit̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-ngiàn-pit
  - Hakka Romanization System: van ngianˇ bid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ ngian² bid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ ɲi̯an¹¹ pit̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-liân-pit
  - Tâi-lô: bān-liân-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnlienpid
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ liɛn²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/

Noun

萬年筆

(Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, dated in Mandarin) fountain pen
- 用恁送我的萬年筆　將心內的話寫佇批紙 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  用恁送我的万年笔　将心内的话写伫批纸 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2019, 滅火器樂團 (Fire EX.), 《自信勇敢咱的名》
  iōng lín sàng góa ê bān-liân-pit, chiong sim-lāi ê ōe siá tī phoe-chóa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  With the fountain pen you gave me, I write the words in my heart on letter paper.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鋼筆 (“fountain pen”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋼筆
Mandarin	Beijing	鋼筆, 自來水兒筆
	Taiwan	鋼筆
	Ulanhot	鋼筆
	Tongliao	鋼筆
	Chifeng	鋼筆
	Bayanhot	鋼筆
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鋼筆
	Harbin	鋼筆, 水筆
	Yantai (Muping)	鋼筆
	Jinan	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Luoyang	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Wanrong	水筆
	Zhengzhou	鋼筆
	Xi'an	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Yinchuan	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Lanzhou	自來水筆, 水筆
	Xining	鋼筆
	Ürümqi	鋼筆
	Wuhan	鋼筆, 靛筆, 自來水筆
	Chengdu	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Guiyang	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Kunming	水筆
	Liuzhou	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水筆 dated, 洋筆 dated
	Xuzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Yangzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Nanjing	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Hefei	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鋼生花
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	鋼生花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鋼筆, 墨水筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Hong Kong	鋼筆, 墨水筆
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	墨水筆
	Foshan	墨水筆
	Foshan (Shunde)	墨水筆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	墨水筆
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	水筆
	Taishan	鋼筆, 墨水筆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	墨水筆
	Dongguan	墨水筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Shaoguan	墨水筆
	Yunfu	墨水筆
	Yangjiang	水筆
	Xinyi	鋼筆, 水筆
	Lianjiang	水筆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	墨水筆
	Yangon (Taishan)	鋼筆
	Mandalay (Taishan)	水筆
Gan	Nanchang	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Lichuan	鋼筆
	Pingxiang	自來水筆, 水筆
Hakka	Meixian	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Yudu	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鋼筆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鋼筆
	Hong Kong	水筆
	Senai (Huiyang)	鋼筆
Huizhou	Jixi	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Jin	Taiyuan	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Xinzhou	水筆
	Taibus (Baochang)	鋼筆
	Linhe	鋼筆
	Jining	鋼筆
	Hohhot	鋼筆
	Baotou	鋼筆
	Dongsheng	鋼筆
	Haibowan	水筆
Min Bei	Jian'ou	鋼筆
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Min Dong	Fuqing	鋼筆
Min Nan	Xiamen	鐵筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Quanzhou	鐵筆, 水筆, 鋼筆
	Zhangzhou	鐵筆, 鋼筆
	Zhangpu	鐵筆
	Taipei	萬年筆, 鋼筆
	Kaohsiung	萬年筆, 鋼筆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	墨水筆, 番人筆 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	水筆, 墨水筆
	Chaozhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鋼筆
	Leizhou	水筆
	Haikou	水筆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	水筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
Wu	Shanghai	鋼筆, 墨水筆, 自來水筆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鋼筆
	Suzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Danyang	自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Hangzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Ningbo	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Wenzhou	藍水筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Jinhua	鋼筆
Xiang	Changsha	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Loudi	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Shuangfeng	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	年	筆
まん Jinmeiyō	ねん Grade: 1	ふで Grade: 3

Kanji in this term
萬	年	筆
まん Jinmeiyō	ねん Grade: 1	ひつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

萬(まん)年(ねん)筆(ひつ) or 萬(まん)年(ねん)筆(ふで) • (mannenhitsu or mannenfude) (counter 本, kyūjitai, shinjitai 万年筆)

Kyūjitai form of 万年筆 (“fountain pen”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬	年	筆

Noun

萬年筆 • (mannyeonpil or McCune-Reischauer: mannyŏnp'il or Yale: mānnyenphil) (hangeul 만년필)

Hanja form^? of 만년필 (“fountain pen”).