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笔
bǐ
pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke
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HSK 2
10 strokes
Very Common (10%)
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yī
一
one; a, an; alone
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Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1
1 strokes
HSK 1
Words Using 笔 (145)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
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铅笔
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qiānbǐ
(lead) pencil / CL:[[支<zhī>]], [[枝<zhī>]], [[桿|杆<gǎn>]]
2
qiānbǐ
铅笔
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HSK 2
(lead) pencil / CL:[[支<zhī>]], [[枝<zhī>]], [[桿|杆<gǎn>]]
笔记本
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bǐjìběn
notebook (stationery) / CL:[[本<běn>]] / notebook (computing)
3
bǐjìběn
笔记本
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HSK 3
notebook (stationery) / CL:[[本<běn>]] / notebook (computing)
笔
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bǐ
pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL:[[支<zhī>]], [[枝<zhī>]]
bǐ
笔
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pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL:[[支<zhī>]], [[枝<zhī>]]
笔记
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bǐjì
to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:[[本<běn>]]
bǐjì
笔记
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to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:[[本<běn>]]
钢笔
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gāngbǐ
fountain pen / CL:[[支<zhī>]]
gāngbǐ
钢笔
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fountain pen / CL:[[支<zhī>]]
笔迹
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bǐjì
handwriting
bǐjì
笔迹
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handwriting
笔录
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bǐlù
to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record
bǐlù
笔录
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to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record
执笔
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zhíbǐ
to write / to do the actual writing
zhíbǐ
执笔
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to write / to do the actual writing
画笔
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huàbǐ
painting brush
huàbǐ
画笔
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painting brush
着笔
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zhuóbǐ
to put pen to paper
zhuóbǐ
着笔
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to put pen to paper