寫字

See also: 写字

Chinese

		to write	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (寫字)		寫	字
simp. (写字)		写	字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiězì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄗˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): se² zi⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhie² du⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siá-sṳ

(Meixian, Guangdong): xia³ si⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siá-lī / siá-jī / siá-lǐ

(Teochew, Peng'im): sia² ri⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shia ⁶zy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiězì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siězìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh³-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: syě-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieetzyh
  - Palladius: сецзы (seczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: se² zi⁶
  - Yale: sé jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se² dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé² ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡siː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhie² du⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiɛ⁵⁵ tu³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siá-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: xia` sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xia³ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯a³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xia³ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sia³¹ sz̩⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-lī
  - Tâi-lô: siá-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafli
  - IPA (Kinmen): /sia⁵³⁻²⁴ li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-jī
  - Tâi-lô: siá-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafji
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi²²/
  - IPA (Penang): /sia⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ d͡zi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi³³/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /sia⁵³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zi³³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-lǐ
  - Tâi-lô: siá-lǐ
  - IPA (Lukang): /sia⁵⁵⁻³⁵ li³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sia² ri⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siá jī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zi¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shia ⁶zy
  - MiniDict: shia^去 zy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xia ³zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕia⁴⁴ zz̩²³/

Verb

寫字

to write characters

Synonyms

作文 (zuòwén) (to write an essay or composition)
執筆／执笔 (zhíbǐ)
寫作／写作 (xiězuò)
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)
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)

Derived terms

寫字房／写字房 (siá-jī-pâng)
寫字板／写字板 (xiězìbǎn)
寫字桌／写字桌 (xiězìzhuō)
寫字樓／写字楼 (xiězìlóu)
寫字檯／写字台 (xiězìtái)
寫字簿／写字簿
寫字間／写字间 (xiězìjiān)