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writing (work of an author) noun [UK: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ] | 写作 /xiězuò/noun 寫作noun 著作 /zhùzuò/noun |
writing (written letters or symbols) noun [UK: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ] | 文字 /wénzì/noun |
write [wrote, written, writing, writes] (to form letters, etc.) verb [UK: ˈraɪt] [US: ˈraɪt] | 写 /xiě/verb 寫verb 撰寫verb |
writing as separate words (writing an expression with spaces) noun | 分写 /fēnxiě/noun 分寫noun |
writing desk (desk) noun [UK: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ desk] [US: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ ˈdesk] | 书桌 /shūzhuō/noun 写字台 /xiězìtái/noun 寫字檯noun 書桌noun 辦公桌noun |
writing on the wall (ominous warning) noun [UK: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ ɒn ðə wɔːl] [US: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ ɑːn ðə ˈwɒl] | 厄运的征兆noun |
writing system (basic type of system for writing languages) noun | |
writing system (system for writing one or more languages) noun | 文字 /wénzì/noun |
creative writing (written texts which fall outside the bounds of normal texts) noun | 创意性写作 /chuàngyìxìng xiězuò/noun 創意寫作noun 創意性寫作noun |
ghostwrite [ghostwrote, ghostwritten, ghostwriting, ghostwrites] (write under the name of another) verb [UK: ɡˈəʊstraɪt ɡˈəʊstrəʊt ɡˈəʊstrɪtən] [US: ɡˈoʊstraɪt ɡˈoʊstroʊt ɡˈoʊstrɪʔˌn̩] | 代笔 /dàibǐ/verb 代筆verb 捉刀 /zhuōdāo/verb |
handwriting [handwritings] (act or process of writing with the hand) noun [UK: ˈhæn.draɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˈhæn.ˌdraɪt.ɪŋ] | 手写 /shǒuxiě/noun 手寫noun |
handwriting [handwritings] (characteristic writing of a particular person) noun [UK: ˈhæn.draɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˈhæn.ˌdraɪt.ɪŋ] | 笔迹 /bǐjì/noun 筆跡noun |
in writing (via a written message) preposition [UK: ɪn ˈraɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ɪn ˈraɪt.ɪŋ] | 書面 /shūmiàn/preposition |
rewrite [rewrote, rewritten, rewriting, rewrites] (write again, differently) verb [UK: ˌriː.ˈraɪt] [US: ri.ˈraɪt] | 重写 /chóngxiě/verb 重寫verb |
rewrite [rewrote, rewritten, rewriting, rewrites] (write again, without changing) verb [UK: ˌriː.ˈraɪt] [US: ri.ˈraɪt] | 抄写 /chāoxiě/verb 抄寫verb |
skywriting [skywritings] (messages, left by leaving a trail of smoke from an airplane) noun [UK: ˈskaɪ.raɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˈskaɪ.ˌraɪt.ɪŋ] |