粵

執zap1筆bat1

simp执笔
zap1 bat1zhí bǐ

English

  1. to write
  2. (literally to pick up a pen) to write; to do writing; to author
  3. to do the actual writing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 字面解拎起支筆,引伸解寫作

Examples

  • 執筆忘字

    to forget how to write a character when one writes

  • 呢本小説係佢親自執筆。

    This fiction is written by him in person.

  • 他六歲的時候學會了用打字機,便和老師說他不用學執筆寫字了。

    At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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