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cursive script; handwritten pinyin

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Meanings

2 senses · 6 examples
1.

noun

cursive script (a style of Chinese calligraphy)

formal

Refers to a fast, flowing style of Chinese handwriting where characters are highly abbreviated and connected.

Wáng王
Xī羲
zhī之
de的
cǎo草
tǐ体
shū书
fǎ法
fēi非
cháng常
yǒu有
míng名
 。

Wang Xizhi's cursive script calligraphy is very famous.

Chū初
xué学
zhě者
hěn很
nán难
biàn辨
rèn认
cǎo草
tǐ体
de的
hàn汉
zì字
 。

Beginners find it difficult to recognize Chinese characters in cursive script.

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Zhè这
fú幅
zì字
huà画
cǎi采
yòng用
de的
shì是
kuáng狂
cǎo草
tǐ体
 。

This piece of calligraphy uses the wild cursive style.

2.

noun

handwritten form of pinyin letters

technical

Refers to the connected, cursive-style handwriting of the Roman alphabet used in Pinyin, often taught to children.

Xiǎo小
xué学
yī一
nián年
jí级
yào要
xué学
xí习
pīn拼
yīn音
de的
cǎo草
tǐ体
xiě写
fǎ法
 。

First graders learn to write Pinyin in cursive style.

Tā他
de的
pīn拼
yīn音
cǎo草
tǐ体
xiě写
dé得
fēi非
cháng常
gōng工
zhěng整
 。

He writes his Pinyin cursive very neatly.

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Zhè这
zhǒng种
lián连
bǐ笔
de的
zì字
mǔ母
shǔ属
yú于
cǎo草
tǐ体
pīn拼
yīn音
 。

These connected letters belong to cursive Pinyin.