# 寫字
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiězì
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄗˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): se$^2$ zi$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhie$^2$ du$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): siá-sṳ
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xia$^3$ si$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sia$^3$ zi$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siá-lī / siá-jī / siá-lǐ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sia$^2$ ri$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shia $^6$zy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiězì
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄗˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siězìh
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^3$-tzŭ$^4$
*** Yale: syě-dz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieetzyh
*** Palladius: сецзы (seczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: se$^2$ zi$^6$
*** Yale: sé jih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: se$^2$ dzi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sé$^2$ ji$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛː³⁵ t͡siː²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhie$^2$ du$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiɛ⁵⁵ tu³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siá-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: xia$^ˋ$ sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xia$^3$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯a³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xia$^3$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sia³¹ sz̩⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sia$^3$ zi$^5$ [Phonetic: sia$^2$ li$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬia⁴⁵³⁻¹³ $^{(t͡s-)}$li²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sia$^3$ zi$^5$ [Phonetic: sia$^2$ li$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬia³³²⁻¹³ $^{(t͡s-)}$li²¹/
* 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: sia$^2$ ri$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siá jī
*** Sinological IPA : /sia⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zi¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shia $^6$zy
*** MiniDict: shia$^去$ zy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xia $^3$zr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕia⁴⁴ zz̩²³/

### Verb

寫⫽字 (verb-object)
* to write characters
* to practice calligraphy

#### 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)