文房四寶 (man4 fong2 sei3 bou2) — the Four Treasures of the Study: brush 筆, ink 墨, paper 紙 and inkstone 硯, the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship in Cantonese
manˎ₄文fongˊ²房sei˗₃四bouˊ²寶简 文房四宝
Mandarin Pinyin: wen2 fang2 si4 bao3
Meaning of 文房四寶
nounthe Four Treasures of the Study: brush 筆, ink 墨, paper 紙 and inkstone 硯, the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship