水筆

Chinese

		water; river	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (水筆)		水	筆
simp. (水笔)		水	笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐbǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² bat¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): súi-pit

(Hailu, HRS): shui^ˊ bid

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): shu³ bi²
Jin (Wiktionary): sui² bieh⁴
Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌-bĭ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zui³ bih⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-pit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐbǐ [Phonetic: shuíbǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěibǐ
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-pi³
  - Yale: shwěi-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeibii
  - Palladius: шуйби (šujbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐrbǐ [Phonetic: shuírbǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěirbǐ
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-ʼrh-pi³
  - Yale: shwěir-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoelbii
  - Palladius: шуйрби (šujrbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: shuǐrbǐ - "gel pen".

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² bat¹
  - Yale: séui bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² bed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-pit
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ bid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ bid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ pit̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shui^ˊ bid
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃui²⁴⁻³³ pit⁵/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: shu³ bi²
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃu⁴² pi²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sui² bieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /suei⁵³ piəʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌-bĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²¹ pi²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zui³ bih⁶ [Phonetic: zui² ih⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cûi-bih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(p-)iʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zui³ bih⁶ [Phonetic: zui² wih⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³³²⁻²⁴ ^(p-)βiʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-pit
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'pid
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

Noun

水筆

stiff-haired writing brush or watercolour paintbrush
(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Jin, Pinghua, Quanzhou Hokkien, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Xiang) fountain pen
(dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Northern Min, Eastern Min, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) writing brush; inkbrush
short for 自來水筆／自来水笔 (zìláishuǐbǐ, “gel pen”) (Classifier: 支)
- 那個持彈欲放的兵士，也將拉著的引線，仍舊塞進榴彈的木柄裏，轉過身來搶奪我的錶和水筆。 [MSC, trad.]
  那个持弹欲放的兵士，也将拉着的引线，仍旧塞进榴弹的木柄里，转过身来抢夺我的表和水笔。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1935, 方志敏 (Fang Zhimin),《清貧》 (Honest Poverty)
  Nàge chí dàn yù fàng de bīngshì, yě jiāng lā zhe de yǐnxiàn, réngjiù sāijìn liúdàn de mùbǐng lǐ, zhuǎn guò shēn lái qiǎngduó wǒ de biǎo hé shuǐbǐ. [Pinyin]
  The soldier holding the grenade pushed the triggering cord back into the wooden handle, and then turned round to scramble for my watch and fountain pen.
- 黑色水笔有没有规定规格？比如粗细必须用0.5的，能不能用0.38的？ [MSC, simp.]
  黑色水筆有沒有規定規格？比如粗細必須用0.5的，能不能用0.38的？ [MSC, trad.]
  From: 2012, 粤高考史上最严：不透明水杯和笔袋禁入考场, 新快报
  Hēisè shuǐbǐ yǒu méiyǒu guīdìng guīgé? Bǐrú cūxì bìxū yòng 0.5 de, néng bùnéng yòng 0.38 de? [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 这些水笔笔芯是李华（化名）高三最后一个学期用掉的，一共124根 [MSC, simp.]
  這些水筆筆芯是李華（化名）高三最後一個學期用掉的，一共124根 [MSC, trad.]
  From: 2017, 考上北大的杭州学生一打开抽屉 124支笔芯叫人泪崩, 浙江在线
  zhèxiē shuǐbǐ bǐxīn shì Lǐ Huá (huàmíng) gāosān zuìhòu yī ge xuéqī yòng diào de, yīgòng 124 gēn [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鋼筆 (“fountain pen”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋼筆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鋼筆, 自來水兒筆
	Taiwan	鋼筆
	Chengde	鋼筆
	Ulanhot	鋼筆
	Tongliao	鋼筆
	Chifeng	鋼筆
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鋼筆, 自來水兒筆
	Heihe	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Qiqihar	鋼筆
	Harbin	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水兒筆
	Jiamusi	鋼筆
	Baicheng	鋼筆
	Changchun	鋼筆
	Tonghua	鋼筆
	Shenyang	鋼筆
	Jinzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	鋼筆
	Tangshan	鋼筆
	Cangzhou	鋼筆
	Baoding	鋼筆
	Shijiazhuang	鋼筆
	Lijin	鋼筆
	Jinan	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	鋼筆
	Dandong	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Yantai	鋼筆
	Yantai (Muping)	鋼筆
	Qingdao	鋼筆
	Zhucheng	鋼筆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Lingbao	鋼筆
	Jining	鋼筆
	Wanrong	水筆
	Linfen	水筆
	Shangqiu	鋼筆
	Yuanyang	鋼筆
	Zhengzhou	鋼筆
	Xinyang	鋼筆
	Baihe	鋼筆
	Xi'an	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Baoji	鋼筆
	Tianshui	鋼筆
	Xining	鋼筆
	Xuzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Fuyang	鋼筆
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鋼生花
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	鋼生花
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Bayanhot	鋼筆
	Lanzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Dunhuang	鋼筆
	Hami	鋼筆
	Ürümqi	鋼筆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Nanchong	鋼筆
	Dazhou	鋼筆
	Hanyuan	鋼筆, 水筆
	Xichang	鋼筆
	Zigong	鋼筆
	Chongqing	鋼筆
	Wuhan	鋼筆, 靛筆, 自來水筆
	Yichang	鋼筆
	Xiangyang	鋼筆
	Tianmen	鋼筆
	Guiyang	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Zunyi	鋼筆
	Bijie	鋼筆
	Liping	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Zhaotong	水筆
	Dali	鋼筆
	Kunming	鋼筆, 水筆
	Mengzi	水筆
	Guilin	鋼筆
	Liuzhou	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水筆 dated, 洋筆 dated
	Jishou	鋼筆
	Changde	鋼筆
	Hanzhong	鋼筆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Yangzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Lianyungang	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Lianshui	鋼筆
	Nantong	鋼筆
	Anqing	鋼筆
	Wuhu	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Hefei	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Hong'an	鋼筆, 靛筆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鋼筆, 墨水筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Hong Kong	鋼筆, 墨水筆
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	墨水筆
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	自來水筆
	Macau	墨水筆
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	墨水筆
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	墨水筆, 鋼筆
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	墨水筆, 鋼筆
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	墨水筆
	Foshan	墨水筆
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	墨水筆
	Foshan (Shunde)	墨水筆
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鋼筆
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鋼筆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	墨水筆
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	墨水筆
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	水筆
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	墨水筆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	藥水筆
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	水筆
	Taishan	鋼筆, 墨水筆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	墨水筆
	Enping (Niujiang)	墨水筆
	Heshan (Yayao)	鋼筆
	Dongguan	墨水筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	墨水筆
	Shaoguan	墨水筆
	Yunfu	墨水筆
	Yangjiang	水筆
	Xinyi	鋼筆, 水筆
	Maoming (Xinpo)	鋼筆, 英文筆
	Lianjiang	水筆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	墨水筆
	Yangon (Taishan)	鋼筆
	Mandalay (Taishan)	水筆
Gan	Nanchang	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Lichuan	鋼筆
	Pingxiang	自來水筆, 水筆
Hakka	Meixian	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鋼筆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	水筆
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鋼筆
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	水筆
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	水筆
	Yudu	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鋼筆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鋼筆, 萬年筆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鋼筆
	Hong Kong	水筆
	Senai (Huiyang)	鋼筆
Huizhou	Jixi	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Huizhou	Shexian	鋼筆
Jin	Taiyuan	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Yangyuan	鋼筆, 自來水兒筆
	Datong	鋼筆
	Xinzhou	水筆
	Lüliang (Lishi)	鋼筆, 水筆
	Changzhi	水筆
	Taibus (Baochang)	鋼筆
	Linhe	鋼筆
	Jining	鋼筆
	Hohhot	鋼筆
	Baotou	鋼筆
	Dongsheng	鋼筆
	Haibowan	水筆
	Erenhot	鋼筆
	Pingshan	鋼筆
	Zhangjiakou	鋼筆
	Handan	鋼筆
	Linzhou	鋼筆
	Suide	鋼筆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鋼筆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
Eastern Min	Fuqing	鋼筆
Southern Min	Xiamen	鐵筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Quanzhou	鐵筆, 水筆, 鋼筆
	Jinjiang	鐵筆
	Shishi	鐵筆
	Zhangzhou	鐵筆, 鋼筆
	Zhangpu	鐵筆
	Taipei	萬年筆, 鋼筆
	Kaohsiung	萬年筆, 鋼筆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	墨水筆, 番人筆 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	水筆, 墨水筆
	Chaozhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鋼筆
	Leizhou	水筆
	Haikou	水筆
Puxian Min	Putian	鐵筆
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鐵筆, 鋼筆
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鐵筆
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鐵筆, 鋼筆
	Xianyou	鐵筆
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鐵筆
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鐵筆
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鋼筆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	水筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
Wu	Shanghai	鋼筆, 墨水筆, 自來水筆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鋼筆
	Suzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Danyang	自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Hangzhou	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Shaoxing	鋼筆, 自來水筆
	Ningbo	鋼筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Wenzhou	藍水筆, 自來水筆, 鋼筆
	Jinhua	鋼筆
Xiang	Changsha	鋼筆, 水筆, 自來水筆 dated
	Loudi	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Shuangfeng	鋼筆, 自來水筆, 水筆
	Hengyang	鋼筆

Dialectal synonyms of 毛筆 (“calligraphy brush; inkbrush”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		管, 翰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毛筆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	毛筆
	Taiwan	毛筆
	Ulanhot	水筆
	Tongliao	水筆
	Chifeng	毛筆
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	水筆
	Harbin	毛筆
	Singapore	毛筆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	毛筆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	水筆, 毛筆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毛筆
	Wanrong	毛筆, 生紅 dated
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	生胡
	Zhengzhou	毛筆
	Xi'an	毛筆, 墨筆, 生活 dated
	Xining	生活, 筆
	Xuzhou	毛筆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	毛筆, 生花 dated
	Bayanhot	毛筆
	Lanzhou	生活
	Ürümqi	毛筆, 生活 dated
	Jimsar	生活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	毛筆, 墨筆
	Wuhan	毛筆, 墨筆 dated
	Guiyang	墨筆, 毛筆
	Liuzhou	毛筆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	墨筆, 毛筆
	Yangzhou	毛筆
	Hefei	毛筆, 墨筆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Hong Kong	毛筆
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	毛筆
	Dongguan	毛筆
	Yangjiang	毛筆, 墨筆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	毛筆
Gan	Nanchang	墨筆
	Lichuan	毛筆
	Pingxiang	墨筆
Hakka	Meixian	毛筆, 水筆
	Changting	毛筆
	Wuping	毛筆
	Ninghua	筆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毛筆, 水筆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	毛筆, 水筆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	毛筆, 水筆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	毛筆, 水筆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	毛筆, 水筆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毛筆, 膨筆, 水筆
	Hong Kong	毛筆
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	毛筆
	Senai (Huiyang)	毛筆
Huizhou	Jixi	毛筆
Jin	Taiyuan	毛筆, 筆
	Xinzhou	毛筆
	Taibus (Baochang)	毛筆
	Linhe	毛筆
	Jining	毛筆
	Hohhot	毛筆
	Baotou	毛筆
	Dongsheng	毛筆
	Haibowan	毛筆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	毛筆, 水筆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	毛筆, 墨筆, 水筆
	Fuzhou (Changle)	毛筆
	Fuqing	毛筆, 水筆
	Yongtai	水筆
	Gutian	水筆
	Fu'an	水筆
	Ningde	墨筆
	Shouning	墨筆
	Zhouning	墨筆
	Fuding	墨筆
Southern Min	Xiamen	水筆, 毛筆
	Quanzhou	毛筆
	Zhangzhou	水筆, 毛筆
	Penang (Hokkien)	毛筆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	毛筆
	Manila (Hokkien)	毛筆
	Chaozhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	毛筆
	Haikou	毛筆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	毛筆
Wu	Shanghai	毛筆, 墨筆
	Suzhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Danyang	毛筆, 墨筆
	Hangzhou	毛筆, 墨筆
	Ningbo	墨筆
	Wenzhou	墨筆
	Jinhua	墨筆, 毛筆
Xiang	Changsha	墨筆
	Loudi	墨筆
	Shuangfeng	墨筆, 寫字筆, 筆

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “水笔”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 596.