行筆

行筆

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (行筆)		行	筆
simp. (行笔)		行	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xíngbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngbii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngbǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: hàhng bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵/

Verb

行筆

1. to take up the pen; to start writing; to put pen to paper
2. (literary) to write an essay or composition
3. (Chinese calligraphy) to continue writing the stroke of a Chinese character (after putting pen to paper)

Synonyms

• (to take up the pen):

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動筆／动笔 (dòngbǐ) 用筆／用笔 (yòngbǐ)

著筆／着笔 (zhuóbǐ) 運筆／运笔 (yùnbǐ)

• (to write an essay or composition): 作文 (zuòwén)