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笔

Traditional (Taiwan): 筆

On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

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)

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Other words read bǐ

In the same tone

All 12 words read bǐ

bi with other tones

  • 必 bì certainly
  • 逼 bī force
  • 毕 bì whole of
  • 闭 bì close
  • 避 bì avoid

All 80 words read bi in any tone

How 笔 is written

    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

    Words with 笔

    Starting with 笔

    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

    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

    All 33 words containing 笔

    The words 笔 counts as a measure word

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 笔

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