笔 (筆) bǐ
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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') -
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') -
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) -
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') -
bǐ
noun
writing technique
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: (ABC 'bǐ' bf 1; NCCED '笔' 3) -
bǐ
noun
writing; handwriting
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '筆' 2, p. 16; NCCED '笔' 5) -
bǐ
noun
unrhymed writing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In contast from 文 rhymed verse (Kroll 2015 '筆' 3, p. 16)
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- 煞笔(煞筆) to stop one's pen; to break off writing; final remarks (at the end of a book or article)
- 笔架(筆架) pen rack; pen-holder
- 点睛之笔(點睛之筆) the brush stroke that dots in the eyes; to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life
- 铅笔刀(鉛筆刀) pencil sharpener
- 横笔(橫筆) bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)
- 五笔输入法(五筆輸入法) Chinese character input method
- 蜡笔小新(蠟筆小新) Crayon Shin-chan, Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
- 笔下生花(筆下生花) to write elegantly
- 折笔(折筆) against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
- 橐笔(橐筆) to make one's living by writing
- 亲笔(親筆) one's own handwriting ; in one's own handwriting
- 行笔(行筆) moving the brush
- 附笔(附筆) postscript
- 走笔成章(走筆成章) to rapidly write a composition
- 笔下(筆下) the wording and purport of what one writes
- 荧光笔(熒光筆) highlighter (pen)
- 眼线笔(眼線筆) eyeliner (cosmetics)
- 签字笔(簽字筆) felt-tip pen; roller ball pen; gel ink pen
- 起笔(起筆) the start of a stroke
- 妙笔生花(妙筆生花) gifted or skillful writing
- 随笔(隨筆) essay-writing
- 屠毒笔墨(屠毒筆墨) poisonous writing; disparaging writing; calumny
- 直笔(直筆) a straightforward honest account
- 钢笔(鋼筆) pen; fountain pen
- 信笔(信筆) to write freely; to express oneself as one pleases
- 削铅笔机(削鉛筆機) pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)
- 动笔(動筆) to write; to draw ; writing; drawing
- 执笔(執筆) to hold a brush
- 笔耕(筆耕) to make a living by writing; to write (as an author)
- 竖笔(豎筆) vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
- 笔直(筆直) perfectly straight
- 下笔成篇(下筆成篇) to put a pen to paper and immediately produce a composition
- 笔气(筆氣) calligraphic style
- 开笔(開筆) to start learning as a poet; to write one's first (poem, essay etc)
- 投笔从戎(投筆從戎) to lay down the pen and take up the sword; to join the military
- 一笔勾销(一筆勾銷) to write off at one stroke
- 笔迹(筆跡) handwriting ; original calligraphy
- 笔力(筆力) vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing; vigor of style in literary composition
- 连笔(連筆) to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
- 落笔(落筆) to put pen to paper
- 意存笔先,画尽意在(意存筆先,畫盡意在) the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
- 笔补造化(筆補造化) creative writing
- 笔供(筆供) written evidence; statement; deposition
- 墨池笔塚(墨池筆塚) pools of ink and piles of brushes
- 刀笔(刀筆) writing up of official or judicial documents; pettifoggery
- 笔画数(筆畫數) stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
- 刨笔刀(刨筆刀) pencil sharpener
- 主笔(主筆) an editor; an editorial writer
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 笔作 (筆作) 尝執笔作書 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十五 魏書十五 劉司馬梁張溫賈傳 Volume 15: Book of Wei 15 - Biographies of Liu, Sima, Liang, Zhang, Wen, and Jia — count: 3
- 笔研 (筆研) 下至財用筆研 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十三 薛宣朱博傳 Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo — count: 3