投筆

Chinese

		to throw; to send	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (投筆)		投	筆
simp. (投笔)		投	笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóubǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ bat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóubǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóubǐ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pi³
  - Yale: tóu-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourbii
  - Palladius: тоуби (toubi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ bat¹
  - Yale: tàuh bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ bed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵/

Verb

投筆

(literary, figurative, of a writer) to cease writing; to forsake the pen (for something else)

Derived terms

投筆從戎／投笔从戎 (tóubǐcóngróng)

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