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笔

Traditional (Taiwan): 筆

bǐ ㄅㄧˇ

    • writing brush writing implement (pen, pencil etc)
    • brushstroke stroke (in painting or calligraphy)
    • style of writing literary manner technique of brushwork

      bound form

    • stroke of a Chinese character

      classifier

    • sum of money financial transaction piece of business

      classifier

    • to write (with a brush or pen)

      literary

Classifiers (measure words)

Usually

Less often

笔 itself can also be a classifier

Other words read bǐ

In the same tone

  • 比 bǐ compare
  • 彼 bǐ that
  • 鄙 bǐ rustic
  • 俾 bǐ cause
  • 匕 bǐ dagger
  • 吡 bǐ used as phonetic bi- or pi-
  • 秕 bǐ husks
  • 舭 bǐ bilge
  • 妣 bǐ deceased mother
  • 沘 bǐ name of a river
  • 疕 bǐ facial skin disease

bi with other tones

  • 必 bì certainly
  • 逼 bī force
  • 毕 bì whole of
  • 闭 bì close
  • 避 bì avoid
  • 壁 bì wall
  • 鼻 bí nose
  • 臂 bì arm
  • 辟 bì king
  • 璧 bì jade annulus
  • 碧 bì green jade
  • 敝 bì my

All 80 words read bi in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 笔

    部首 radical
    ⺮ a form of 竹
    笔画 strokes
    10, with 4 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    ⺮毛
    Practise writing 笔this character

    Trace 笔, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Writing drills that include 笔: HSK 2 vocabulary, part 3: writing drill 5 of 8, HSK 3 vocabulary, part 8: writing drill 3 of 8, HSK 4 vocabulary, part 18: writing drill 4 of 6 and 19 more.

    Potential verbal descriptions

    Words with 笔

    Starting with 笔

    • 笔架 bǐjià pen rack
    • 笔者 bǐzhě author
    • 笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook
    • 笔记 bǐjì take down
    • 笔直 bǐzhí perfectly straight
    • 笔墨 bǐmò pen and ink
    • 笔试 bǐshì written examination
    • 笔法 bǐfǎ technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing
    • 笔下 bǐxià wording and purport of what one writes
    • 笔名 bǐmíng pen name
    • 笔画 bǐhuà strokes of a Chinese character
    • 笔迹 bǐjì handwriting

    All 50 words starting with 笔

    Ending with 笔

    • 毛笔 máobǐ writing brush
    • 铅笔 qiānbǐ pencil
    • 亲笔 qīnbǐ in one's own handwriting
    • 朱笔 zhūbǐ brush dipped in red ink
    • 大笔 dàbǐ your handwriting
    • 文笔 wénbǐ writings
    • 钢笔 gāngbǐ fountain pen
    • 随笔 suíbǐ essay
    • 提笔 tíbǐ start to write
    • 秉笔 bǐngbǐ hold the pen
    • 下笔 xiàbǐ put pen to paper
    • 工笔 gōngbǐ gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description

    All 80 words ending with 笔

    Containing 笔

    • 一笔勾销 yībǐgōuxiāo write off at one stroke
    • 梦溪笔谈 mèngxībǐtán Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括 shěnkuò, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
    • 投笔从戎 tóubǐcóngróng join the military
    • 奋笔疾书 fènbǐjíshū write at a tremendous speed
    • 口诛笔伐 kǒuzhūbǐfá condemn in speech and in writing
    • 一笔带过 yībǐdàiguò skate over
    • 五笔字型 wǔbǐzìxíng five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
    • 一笔不苟 yībǐbùgǒu lit. not even one stroke is negligent
    • 妙笔生花 miàobǐshēnghuā gifted or skillful writing
    • 一笔抹杀 yībǐmǒshā blot out at one stroke
    • 作笔记 zuòbǐjì take notes
    • 削铅笔机 xiāoqiānbǐjī pencil sharpener

    All 33 words containing 笔

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 笔

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