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笔
筆
bǐ
1.
pen
2.
pencil
3.
writing brush
4.
to write or compose
5.
the strokes of Chinese characters
6.
classifier for sums of money, deals
7.
CL:[[支<zhī>]], [[枝<zhī>]]
Very Common • Top 3%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
下笔
xiàbǐ
to put pen to paper
五笔
wǔbǐ
abbr. of [[五筆字型|五笔字型]], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin [[王永民]] in 1983
代笔
dàibǐ
to write on behalf of sb
伏笔
fúbǐ
foreshadowing (literary device)
信笔
xìnbǐ
to write freely
光笔
guāngbǐ
light pen
冗笔
rǒngbǐ
superfluous words (in writing)
刀笔
dāobǐ
writing up of official or judicial documents
执笔
zhíbǐ
to write
墨笔
mòbǐ
writing brush
妙笔
miàobǐ
talented, gifted or ingenious writing
工笔
gōngbǐ
gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
手笔
shǒubǐ
sth written or painted in one's own hand
折笔
zhébǐ
against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
拙笔
zhuōbǐ
my clumsy writing (humble expr.)
提笔
tíbǐ
to take up one's pen
搁笔
gēbǐ
to put down the pen
败笔
bàibǐ
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting
文笔
wénbǐ
writings
曲笔
qūbǐ
falsification in writing
Example Sentences (1)
我已经很少写信，也很少用笔写字，已经习惯用电脑来学习和工作了。
Wǒ yǐ jīng hěn shǎo xiě xìn, yě hěn shǎo yòng bǐ xiě zì, yǐ jīng xí guàn yòng diàn nǎo lái xué xí hé gōng zuò le.
I rarely write letters anymore, and I also rarely write with a pen; I am already used to using a computer to study and work.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 955
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,186 of 84,292