執筆

See also: 执笔

Chinese

		execute (a plan); grasp	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (執筆)		執	筆
simp. (执笔)		执	笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhíbǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zap¹ bat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chip-pit
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tseq-piq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhíbǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhbǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chih²-pi³
  - Yale: jŕ-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrbii
  - Palladius: чжиби (čžibi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    執筆 / 执笔
    直筆 / 直笔
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zap¹ bat¹
  - Yale: jāp bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷ bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹ bed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chip-pit
  - Tâi-lô: tsip-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cippid
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sip̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sip̚⁵⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sip̚³²⁻⁵ pit̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sip̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sip̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tseq-piq
  - MiniDict: tseh^入 pih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tseq-piq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡səʔ³³ piɪʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

執筆

to write; to do the actual writing

Synonyms

作文 (zuòwén) (to write an essay or composition)
寫作 / 写作 (xiězuò)
寫字 / 写字 (xiězì)
屬文 / 属文 (zhǔwén) (literary, to compose prose)
援筆 / 援笔 (yuánbǐ) (literary)
提筆 / 提笔 (tíbǐ)
撰 (zhuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
撰寫 (zhuànxiě)
撰著 (zhuànzhù) (to write a book)
撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
書寫 / 书写 (shūxiě)
書錄 / 书录 (shūlù)
筆耕 / 笔耕 (bǐgēng) (literary)
綴文 / 缀文 (zhuìwén) (literary, to write a composition)
編寫 / 编写 (biānxiě)
著作 (zhùzuò)
著述 (zhùshù)
行文 (xíngwén)
行筆 / 行笔 (xíngbǐ) (literary, to write an essay or composition)
製作 / 制作 (zhìzuò)
譔文 / 撰文 (zhuànwén) (to write an article)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
執	筆
しつ > しっ Grade: S	ひつ > ぴつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しっぴつ [shìppítsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕi̥p̚ʲpʲit͡sɨ]

Noun

執(しっ)筆(ぴつ) • (shippitsu)

professional writing

Verb

執(しっ)筆(ぴつ)する • (shippitsu suru) transitive suru (stem 執(しっ)筆(ぴつ)し (shippitsu shi), past 執(しっ)筆(ぴつ)した (shippitsu shita))

write, contribute to a publication

Conjugation

Conjugation of "執筆する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	執筆し	しっぴつし	shippitsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	執筆し	しっぴつし	shippitsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	執筆する	しっぴつする	shippitsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	執筆する	しっぴつする	shippitsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	執筆すれ	しっぴつすれ	shippitsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	執筆せよ¹ 執筆しろ²	しっぴつせよ¹ しっぴつしろ²	shippitsu seyo¹ shippitsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	執筆される	しっぴつされる	shippitsu sareru
Causative	執筆させる執筆さす	しっぴつさせるしっぴつさす	shippitsu saseru shippitsu sasu
Potential	執筆できる	しっぴつできる	shippitsu dekiru
Volitional	執筆しよう	しっぴつしよう	shippitsu shiyō
Negative	執筆しない	しっぴつしない	shippitsu shinai
Negative continuative	執筆せず	しっぴつせず	shippitsu sezu
Formal	執筆します	しっぴつします	shippitsu shimasu
Perfective	執筆した	しっぴつした	shippitsu shita
Conjunctive	執筆して	しっぴつして	shippitsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	執筆すれば	しっぴつすれば	shippitsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“執筆”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
執	筆

Noun

執筆 • (jip'pil) (hangeul 집필)

hanja form^? of 집필 (“writing”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
執	筆

Verb

執筆

chữ Hán form of chấp bút
1. to ghostwrite; to cowrite; to write on behalf of (or with) someone else
2. to draft; to write a preliminary version