笔 (筆) bǐ

1. bǐ noun pen; pencil; writing brush
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Stationery
   Notes: Japanese: fude, or: hitsu (David 2013, p. 610; Kroll 2015 '筆' 1, p. 16; NCCED '笔' 1; Unihan '筆')
2. bǐ verb to write; to compose
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: (ABC 'bǐ' bf 2; Kroll 2015 '筆' 1a, p. 16; NCCED '笔' 2; Unihan '筆')
3. bǐ measure word measure word for sums of money, deals, transactions, etc
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'bǐ' m 2; NCCED '笔' 6)
4. bǐ noun a stroke
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: the strokes of a Chinese character (ABC 'bǐ' m 1; NCCED '笔' 4; Unihan '筆')
5. bǐ noun writing technique
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
   Notes: (ABC 'bǐ' bf 1; NCCED '笔' 3)
6. bǐ noun writing; handwriting
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '筆' 2, p. 16; NCCED '笔' 5)
7. bǐ noun unrhymed writing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In contast from 文 rhymed verse (Kroll 2015 '筆' 3, p. 16)

Contained in

• 记号笔(記號筆) (permanent) marker (pen)
• 涉笔(涉筆) to move the pen; to start writing; putting pen to paper
• 笔画检字(筆畫檢字) character index by stroke
• 笔冢(筆冢) store for discarded writing brushes
• 笔挺(筆挺) (standing) very straight; straight as a ramrod; bolt upright; well-ironed; trim
• 下笔(下筆) to write [with a pen]
• 妙笔(妙筆) talented, gifted or ingenious writing
• 圆笔(圓笔) a round style of brush work
• 铅笔画(鉛筆畫) pencil drawing
• 刨笔刀(刨筆刀) pencil sharpener
• 振笔(振筆) to use a writing brush
• 墨池笔塚(墨池筆塚) pools of ink and piles of brushes
• 笔记(筆記) notes ; biji ; to record; to take notes
• 屠毒笔墨(屠毒筆墨) poisonous writing; disparaging writing; calumny
• 绝笔(絕筆) words written on one’s deathbed; an artist's final work; swansong
• 笔供(筆供) written evidence; statement; deposition
• 回锋收笔(鋒回收筆) a hooked-like movement of the brush at the end of a stroke
• 笔替(筆替) (poorly paid) ghostwriter or substitute calligrapher
• 笔记本(筆記本) notebook computer; laptop ; notebook
• 拙笔(拙筆) my clumsy writing (humble expression); my humble pen
• 笔头(筆頭) ability to write; writing skill; written; in written form
• 圆珠笔(圓珠筆) ballpoint pen
• 笔塚(筆塚) writing brush
• 笔下(筆下) the wording and purport of what one writes
• 减笔(減筆) abbreviated writing
• 一笔勾销(一筆勾銷) to write off at one stroke
• 纸笔(紙筆) paper and writing brush ; a written agreement; a contract
• 笔划检字表(筆劃檢字表) lookup table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke count
• 签字笔(簽字筆) felt-tip pen; roller ball pen; gel ink pen
• 一笔抹杀(一筆抹殺) to blot out at one stroke; to reject out of hand; to deny without a hearing
• 笔杆子(筆桿子) pen; an effective writer
• 投笔从戎(投筆從戎) to lay down the pen and take up the sword; to join the military
• 粉笔(粉筆) chalk
• 妙笔生花(妙筆生花) gifted or skillful writing
• 笔画(筆畫) stroke of a Chinese character
• 笔顺(筆順) stroke order
• 笔墨(筆墨) pen and ink; words; writing
• 奋笔疾书(奮筆疾書) to write at a tremendous speed
• 独立中文笔会(獨立中文筆會) Independent Chinese PEN center
• 罄笔难书(罄筆難書) too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds)
• 刀笔(刀筆) writing up of official or judicial documents; pettifoggery
• 笔帽(筆帽) the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush
• 着笔(著筆) to put pen to paper
• 连笔(連筆) to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
• 笔会(筆會) PEN (association of writers)
• 麦克笔(麥克筆) marker pen
• 搠笔巡街(搠筆巡街) a poor scholar selling literature on the street

Also contained in

阅微草堂笔记 、 笔势 、 笔电 、 笔名

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Collocations

• 笔札 (筆札) 令尚書給筆札 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 7
• 簪笔 (簪筆) 西門豹簪筆磬折 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《滑稽列傳》 Biographies of Jesters — count: 4
• 操笔 (操筆) 陳廷尉宜便操筆 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十六 張王種陳列傳 Volume 56: Biographies of Zhang, Wang, Zhong, Chen — count: 4
• 援笔 (援筆) 植援筆立成 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十九 魏書十九 任城陳蕭王傳 Volume 19: Book of Wei 19 - Biographies of the princes of Rencheng, Chen, and Xiao — count: 4
• 给笔 (給筆) 令尚書給筆札 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 4
• 取笔 (取筆) 今使使者從儀西取笔秦所分楚商於之地方六百里 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《楚世家》 House of Chu — count: 4
• 奋笔 (奮筆) 奮筆輕舉 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十六 列傳第六 衞瓘 張華 Volume 36 Biographies 6: Wei Guan; Zhang Hua — count: 3
• 投笔 (投筆) 投筆抽刃而絕 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十五 李王鄧來列傳 Volume 15: Biographies of Li, Wang, Deng, Lai — count: 3
• 用笔 (用筆) 難用筆陳 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十一 魏書二十一 王衛二劉傅傳 Volume 21: Book of Wei 21 - Biographies of Wang, Wei, and the two Lius — count: 3
• 笔端 (筆端) 在方進之筆端 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十 杜周傳 Volume 60: Du Zhou — count: 3