筆者

See also: 笔者

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
trad. (筆者)		筆	者
simp. (笔者)		笔	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ze²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bih⁶ zia³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-chiá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐzhě [Phonetic: bízhě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐjhě
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-chê³
    • Yale: bǐ-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biijee
    • Palladius: бичжэ (bičžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ze²
    • Yale: bāt jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bih⁶ zia³ [Phonetic: bih⁷ zia³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bih-ciâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡sia⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bih⁶ zia³ [Phonetic: bih⁷ zia³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡sia³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: pit-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitciar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁴¹/

Noun

筆者

1. the author; the writer

Usage notes

While writer and author can both be translated as 作家 (zuòjiā) or 作者 (zuòzhě) depending on the context, the former term can only refer to a writer who is relatively well-established, while the latter term can refer to any person who writes a text. 著者 (zhùzhě) shares the same meaning as 作者 (zuòzhě). 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě) is usually used self-reflexively.