起筆

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (起筆)		起	筆
simp. (起笔)		起	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐbǐ [Phonetic: qíbǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-pi³
    • Yale: chǐ-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiibii
    • Palladius: циби (cibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-pit
    • Tâi-lô: khí-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'pid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

Verb

起筆

1. (Chinese calligraphy) to start writing a stroke of a Chinese character

Synonyms

• 入筆／入笔 (rùbǐ)
• (Xiang) 發筆／发笔

Noun

起筆

1. first stroke of a Chinese character (in a radical index)
2. beginning of an article