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筆

Simplified: 笔

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

Other words read bǐ

In the same tone

All 12 words read bǐ

bi with other tones

  • 必 bì certainly
  • 逼 bī force
  • 畢 bì whole of
  • 閉 bì close
  • 避 bì avoid

All 80 words read bi in any tone

How 筆 is written

    部首 radical
    ⺮ a form of 竹
    笔画 strokes
    12, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    ⺮聿

    Words with 筆

    Starting with 筆

    All 50 words starting with 筆

    Ending with 筆

    • 毛筆 máobǐ writing brush
    • 鉛筆 qiānbǐ pencil
    • 親筆 qīnbǐ in one's own handwriting
    • 朱筆 zhūbǐ brush dipped in red ink
    • 大筆 dàbǐ your handwriting

    All 80 words ending with 筆

    Containing 筆

    • 一筆勾銷 yībǐgōuxiāo write off at one stroke
    • 夢溪筆談 mèngxībǐtán Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括 shěnkuò, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
    • 投筆從戎 tóubǐcóngróng join the military
    • 奮筆疾書 fènbǐjíshū write at a tremendous speed
    • 口誅筆伐 kǒuzhūbǐfá condemn in speech and in writing

    All 33 words containing 筆

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 筆

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