洋筆

Chinese

		ocean; foreign	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (洋筆)		洋	筆
simp. (洋笔)		洋	笔
Literally: “foreign pen”.

Etymology

Perhaps a re-etymologization of 鉛筆／铅笔 (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): iô̤ng-bĭ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo² bih⁶ / iuⁿ² bih⁶

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iô̤ng-bĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔŋ³³ pi²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo² bih⁶ [Phonetic: ieo⁴ ih⁶]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³⁻⁴² ^(p-)iʔ¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: iuⁿ² bih⁶ [Phonetic: iuⁿ⁴ mih⁶]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩũ¹³⁻⁴² ^(p-)miʔ²/

Noun

洋筆

1. (dialectal) pencil

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鉛筆 (“pencil”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鉛筆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鉛筆
	Taiwan	鉛筆
	Langfang	鉛筆
	Chifeng	鉛筆
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鉛筆
	Harbin	鉛筆
	Shenyang	鉛筆
	Singapore	鉛筆
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	鉛筆
	Tangshan	鉛筆
	Cangzhou	鉛筆
	Baoding	鉛筆
	Shijiazhuang	鉛筆
	Jinan	鉛筆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鉛筆
	Qingdao	鉛筆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鉛筆
	Daming	鉛筆
	Wanrong	鉛筆
	Zhengzhou	鉛筆
	Xi'an	鉛筆
	Xining	鉛筆
	Xuzhou	鉛筆
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	改蘭
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	改蘭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鉛筆
	Lanzhou	鉛筆, 洋生活 dated
	Ürümqi	鉛筆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鉛筆
	Chongqing	鉛筆
	Wuhan	鉛筆, 洋筆
	Guiyang	鉛筆
	Kunming	鉛筆
	Guilin	鉛筆
	Liuzhou	鉛筆
	Nanning (Wuming)	鉛筆
	Hechi (Yizhou)	圓筆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鉛筆
	Yangzhou	鉛筆
	Nantong	鉛筆
	Hefei	鉛筆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鉛筆
	Hong Kong	鉛筆
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鉛筆
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鉛筆
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鉛筆
	Taishan	鉛筆
	Taishan (Guanghai)	鉛筆
	Dongguan	鉛筆
	Yangjiang	鉛筆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	番筆
	Hepu (Shatian)	鉛筆
	Qinzhou	鉛筆
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	鉛筆
	Beihai	鉛筆
	Beihai (Nankang)	鉛筆
	Beihai (Yingpan)	鉛筆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	鉛筆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	鉛筆
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	鉛筆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鉛筆
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鉛筆
	Móng Cái	鉛筆
	Mandalay (Taishan)	鉛筆
Gan	Nanchang	鉛筆
	Lichuan	鉛筆
	Pingxiang	鉛筆
Hakka	Meixian	鉛筆
	Xingning	鉛筆
	Dabu (Xihe)	鉛筆
	Huidong (Daling)	鉛筆
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鉛筆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	鉛筆
	Changting	洋筆
	Wuping	洋筆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	鉛筆
	Liancheng	洋筆
	Ninghua	洋筆
	Yudu	鉛字梗
	Ruijin	洋筆
	Shicheng	圓筆, 洋筆
	Shangyou (Shexi)	洋筆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鉛筆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鉛筆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鉛筆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鉛筆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鉛筆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鉛筆
	Hong Kong	鉛筆
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	鉛筆
	Senai (Huiyang)	鉛筆
	Singkawang	鉛筆, 樹筆
Huizhou	Jixi	鉛筆
	Shexian	鉛筆
Jin	Taiyuan	鉛筆
	Xinzhou	鉛筆
	Linhe	鉛筆
	Jining	鉛筆
	Hohhot	鉛筆
	Zhangjiakou	鉛筆
	Handan	鉛筆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鉛筆, 洋筆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鉛筆
	Fuqing	鉛筆
	Matsu	鉛筆
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉛筆
	Quanzhou	鉛筆
	Zhangzhou	鉛筆
	Tainan	鉛筆
	Penang (Hokkien)	鉛筆
	Manila (Hokkien)	鉛筆
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鉛筆仔
	Guilin (Biyange)	圓筆
	Chaozhou	鉛筆
	Haifeng	鉛筆
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鉛筆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鉛筆
	Haikou	鉛筆
Puxian Min	Putian	洋筆, 鉛筆
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	洋筆
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鉛筆
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	洋筆, 鉛筆
	Xianyou	洋筆
	Xianyou (Fengting)	洋筆
	Xianyou (Youyang)	洋筆, 鉛筆
Central Min	Yong'an	洋筆
	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	洋筆
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鉛筆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鉛筆
Wu	Shanghai	鉛筆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鉛筆
	Suzhou	鉛筆
	Danyang	鉛筆
	Hangzhou	鉛筆
	Ningbo	鉛筆
	Wenzhou	鉛筆
	Jinhua	鉛筆
Xiang	Changsha	鉛筆
	Loudi	鉛筆
	Shuangfeng	鉛筆

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “洋笔”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 300.