筆下

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ haa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐsià
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-hsia⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biishiah
    • Palladius: бися (bisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: bāt hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-hā
    • Tâi-lô: pit-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ ha²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ ha²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/

Noun

筆下

1. one's ability to write
2. writing; article; text
3. wording and meaning of one’s writings

Synonyms

• (one's ability to write):

• 筆底下／笔底下 (bǐdǐxia)
• 筆頭／笔头 (bǐtóu) (figurative)
• 筆頭子／笔头子 (bǐtóuzi) (figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 筆下生花／笔下生花 (bǐxiàshēnghuā)
• 筆下留情／笔下留情
• 筆下超生／笔下超生