下筆

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (下筆)		下	筆
simp. (下笔)		下	笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàbǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bat¹
Min Nan (POJ): hē-pit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàbǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbii
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ bat¹
  - Yale: hah bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /häː²² pɐt̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-pit
  - Tâi-lô: hē-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hexpid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /he⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/

Verb

下筆

to put pen to paper; to begin to write, draw or paint

Derived terms

下筆如有神／下笔如有神 (xiàbǐ rú yǒu shén)

下筆如神／下笔如神 (xiàbǐ rú shén)

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