筆鋒

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	point or edge of a tool
trad. (筆鋒)		筆	鋒
simp. (笔锋)		笔	锋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ fung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐfong
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-fêng¹
    • Yale: bǐ-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biifeng
    • Palladius: бифэн (bifɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ fung¹
    • Yale: bāt fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-hong
    • Tâi-lô: pit-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pithofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pit phjowng

Rime
Character	筆	鋒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	質 (49)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	鄙密切	敷容切
Baxter	pit	phjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪt̚/	/pʰɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚit̚/	/pʰioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/piet̚/	/pʰioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjit̚/	/pʰuawŋ/
Li Rong	/pjĕt̚/	/pʰioŋ/
Wang Li	/pĭĕt̚/	/pʰĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕt̚/	/pʰi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	fēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat1	fung1

Noun

筆鋒

1. tip of a calligraphy brush
2. vigor of style in writing or painting; stroke; touch
3. vigor of a stroke (in Chinese calligraphy)