鉛筆

See also: 铅笔

Chinese

	lead (metal)	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (鉛筆)	鉛	筆
simp. (铅笔)	铅	笔
anagram	筆鉛／笔铅

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 鉛筆 (えんぴつ) (enpitsu, “pencil”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 鉛筆／铅笔 (“pen made from lead powder”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānbǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): jyun⁴ bat¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yon³ bit²
Gan (Wiktionary): nyyon⁴ 'bit⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-pit / yàn-pit
Jin (Wiktionary): qie¹ bieh⁴
Min Dong (BUC): iòng-bék
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): iân-pit / ên-pit

(Teochew, Peng'im): ing⁵ big⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): khe piq (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): yan² bi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiānbǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄅㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianbii
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ bat¹
  - Yale: yùhn bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ bed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    完畢／完毕
    鉛筆／铅笔
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yon³ bit²
  - IPA ^(key): /ʒᵘɔn²² pit̚⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nyyon⁴ 'bit⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲyɵn³⁵ ˈpit̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-pit
  - Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ bid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan² bid⁵
  - IPA: /i̯en¹¹ pit̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-pit
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ bid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan² bid⁵
  - IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ pit̚²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qie¹ bieh⁴
  - IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie¹¹ piəʔ²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng-bék
  - IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)mɛiʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-pit
  - Tâi-lô: iân-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienpid
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ên-pit
  - Tâi-lô: ên-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: enpid
  - IPA (Penang): /ɛn²³⁻²¹ pit̚³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ing⁵ big⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îng pik
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pik̚²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: khe piq (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰe̞⁵⁵ pi̯ɪʔ²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: yan² bi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /yæn¹³ pi²⁴/

Noun

鉛筆

pencil; lead pencil (Classifier: 枝)
pen made from white lead, used to correct mistakes (Classifier: 枝)

Derived terms

削鉛筆機／削铅笔机 (xiāoqiānbǐjī)
彩色鉛筆／彩色铅笔 (cǎisè qiānbǐ)
彩鉛／彩铅 (cǎiqiān)
自動鉛筆／自动铅笔 (zìdòng qiānbǐ)

色鉛筆／色铅笔 (sèqiānbǐ)
鉛筆刀／铅笔刀 (qiānbǐdāo)
鉛筆刨／铅笔刨 (qiānbǐbào)
鉛筆畫／铅笔画 (qiānbǐhuà)

Descendants

→ Bouyei: yianfpif
→ Zhuang: yienzbit, yenzbiz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉛	筆
えん Grade: S	ひつ > ぴつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) えんぴつ [èńpítsú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ẽ̞mpʲi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

鉛筆 (counter 本, hiragana えんぴつ, rōmaji enpitsu)

a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)

Compounds

鉛筆画

Descendants

Chinese: 鉛筆／铅笔
Korean: 연필 (yeonpil)
Vietnamese: bút chì (calque)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
鉛	筆

Noun

鉛筆 • (yeonpil, McCune-Reischauer: yŏnp'il, Yale: yenphil) (hangeul 연필)

Hanja form^? of 연필 (“pencil”).

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