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Jyutping bat1 mak6
Pinyin bǐ mò

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. pen and ink
  2. words
  3. writing
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    借​指書​寫​嘅​文字​或者​篇幅​(​量​詞​:​個​)
    figuratively, words or writing (usually about the length or expressive power of a piece of writing); literally, pen and ink
    • 施政報告喺環保課題度落咗唔少筆墨。
      施政报告喺环保课题度落咗唔少笔墨。
      si1 zing3 bou3 gou3 hai2 waan4 bou2 fo3 tai4 dou6 lok6 zo2 m4 siu2 bat1 mak6.
      The policy address discussed environmental issues at length.
    • 我心入面有好多筆墨形容唔到嘅痛苦。
      我心入面有好多笔墨形容唔到嘅痛苦。
      ngo5 sam1 jap6 min6 jau5 hou2 do1 bat1 mak6 jing4 jung6 m4 dou2 ge3 tung3 fu2.
      My heart is full of pain that cannot be described in words.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literally
    writing brush and ink; pen and ink
  2. noun, figuratively
    writing; words; composition
    • 非筆墨所能形容
      非笔墨所能形容
      fēi bǐ mò suǒ néng xíng róng
      beyond description with words
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她的魅力难以用笔墨形容。
    她的魅力難以用筆墨形容。
    tā de mèi lì nán yǐ yòng bǐ mò xíng róng 。
    • Her charm is beyond description.
    • Her charm exceeds all description.
  2. Mandarin
    那里的景色美得无法以笔墨形容。
    那裏的景色美得無法以筆墨形容。
    nà li de jǐng sè měi dé wú fǎ yǐ bǐ mò xíng róng 。
    • The beauty of the scene was beyond description.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢种感觉非笔墨所能形容。
    呢種感覺非筆墨所能形容。
    ni1 zung2 gam2 gok3 fei1 bat1 mak6 so2 naan4 jing4 jung4.
    • This feeling cannot be described in words.
  2. Cantonese
    非笔墨可形容
    非筆墨可形容
    文字都唔可以形容到) (fei1 bat1 mak6 ho2 jing4 jung4 man4 zi6 dou1 m4 ho2 ji5 jing4 jung4 dou2
    • cannot be adequately described in words; hard to describe in words
  3. Cantonese
    纸笔墨砚
    紙筆墨硯
    zi2 bat1 mak6 jin2
    • paper, brush, ink and slab
  4. Cantonese
    施政报告喺环保课题度落咗唔少笔墨。
    施政報告喺環保課題度落咗唔少筆墨。
    si1 zing3 bou3 gou3 hai2 waan4 bou2 fo3 tai4 dou6 lok6 zo2 m4 siu2 bat1 mak6.
    • The policy address discussed environmental issues at length.
  5. Cantonese
    我心入面有好多笔墨形容唔到嘅痛苦。
    我心入面有好多筆墨形容唔到嘅痛苦。
    ngo5 sam1 jap6 min6 jau5 hou2 do1 bat1 mak6 jing4 jung6 m4 dou2 ge3 tung3 fu2.
    • My heart is full of pain that cannot be described in words.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    《红楼梦》写了各种人的男女关系,包括贾琏、薛蟠的不堪情状,但还是化腐朽为神奇的笔墨,不能删除的。
    《紅樓夢》寫了各種人的男女關係,包括賈璉、薛蟠的不堪情狀,但還是化腐朽為神奇的筆墨,不能刪除的。
    “ hóng lóu mèng ” xiě le gè zhǒng rén de nán nǚ guān xì , bāo kuò gǔ liǎn , xuē pán de bù kān qíng zhuàng , dàn hái shì huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí de bǐ mò , bù néng shān chú de .
    • Dream of the Red Chamber depicts relationships between various men and women, including the wickedness of Jia Lian and Xue Pan. However, those words made a silk purse of a sow's ear and should not be removed.
  2. Mandarin
    非笔墨所能形容
    非筆墨所能形容
    fēi bǐ mò suǒ néng xíng róng
    • beyond description with words
  3. Mandarin
    长桌前,职工们排着队,将一张张大红福贴轻轻拿起,等待笔墨迹干的同时,拿起手机和“福”字来一张自拍。
    長桌前,職工們排着隊,將一張張大紅福貼輕輕拿起,等待筆墨跡乾的同時,拿起手機和“福”字來一張自拍。
    cháng zhuō qián , zhí gōng men pái zhe duì , jiāng yī zhāng zhāng dà hóng fú tiē qīng qīng ná qǐ , děng dài bǐ mò jì qián de tóng shí , ná qǐ shǒu jī hé “ fú ” zì lái yī zhāng zì pāi .
    • In front of the long table, the staff lined up, gently lifting up big red sheets of fu one by one. While waiting for the ink to dry, they took their phones to take a selfie with the character fu.