Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
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笔 | 筆 | bǐ | - pen - pencil - writing brush - to write or compose - the strokes of Chinese characters - classifier for sums of money, deals - CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] |
下笔 | 下筆 | xiàbǐ | - to put pen to paper |
五笔 | 五筆 | wǔbǐ | - abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 |
代笔 | 代筆 | dàibǐ | - to write on behalf of sb - to ghostwrite |
伏笔 | 伏筆 | fúbǐ | - foreshadowing (literary device) - foretaste of material to come (in essay or story) |
信笔 | 信筆 | xìnbǐ | - to write freely - to express oneself as one pleases |
光笔 | 光筆 | guāngbǐ | - light pen |
冗笔 | 冗筆 | rǒngbǐ | - superfluous words (in writing) - superfluous strokes (in calligraphy) |
刀笔 | 刀筆 | dāobǐ | - writing up of official or judicial documents - pettifoggery |
执笔 | 執筆 | zhíbǐ | - to write - to do the actual writing |
墨笔 | 墨筆 | mòbǐ | - writing brush |
妙笔 | 妙筆 | miàobǐ | - talented, gifted or ingenious writing |
工笔 | 工筆 | gōngbǐ | - gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description |
手笔 | 手筆 | shǒubǐ | - sth written or painted in one's own hand - (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill - style - hand - (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc - scale |
折笔 | 折筆 | zhébǐ | - against the bristles (brush movement in painting) |
拙笔 | 拙筆 | zhuōbǐ | - my clumsy writing (humble expr.) - my humble pen |
提笔 | 提筆 | tíbǐ | - to take up one's pen - to start to write |
搁笔 | 擱筆 | gēbǐ | - to put down the pen - to stop writing |
败笔 | 敗筆 | bàibǐ | - a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting - a faulty expression in writing |
文笔 | 文筆 | wénbǐ | - writings - writing style |
曲笔 | 曲筆 | qūbǐ | - falsification in writing - misrepresentation in written history - deliberate digression |
橐笔 | 橐筆 | tuóbǐ | - to make one's living by writing |
横笔 | 橫筆 | héngbǐ | - bristles lying down (brush movement in painting) |
毛笔 | 毛筆 | máobǐ | - writing brush - CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3] |
涉笔 | 涉筆 | shèbǐ | - to move the pen - to start writing - putting pen to paper |
润笔 | 潤筆 | rùnbǐ | - remuneration for literary or artistic work |
煞笔 | 煞筆 | shābǐ | - to stop one's pen - to break off writing - final remarks (at the end of a book or article) |
画笔 | 畫筆 | huàbǐ | - painting brush |
直笔 | 直筆 | zhíbǐ | - a straightforward honest account |
眉笔 | 眉筆 | méibǐ | - eyebrow pencil (cosmetics) |
硬笔 | 硬筆 | yìngbǐ | - generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes |
神笔 | 神筆 | shénbǐ | - lit. divine pen - fig. outstanding writing |
秉笔 | 秉筆 | bǐngbǐ | - to hold the pen - to do the actual writing |
笔下 | 筆下 | bǐxià | - the wording and purport of what one writes |
笔供 | 筆供 | bǐgòng | - written evidence, as opposed to oral evidence 口供[kou3 gong4] |
笔划 | 筆劃 | bǐhuà | - variant of 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4] |
笔力 | 筆力 | bǐlì | - vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing - vigor of style in literary composition |
笔友 | 筆友 | bǐyǒu | - pen pal |
笔名 | 筆名 | bǐmíng | - pen name - pseudonym |
笔墨 | 筆墨 | bǐmò | - pen and ink - words - writing |
笔套 | 筆套 | bǐtào | - the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush - the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) |
笔尖 | 筆尖 | bǐjiān | - nib - pen point - the tip of a writing brush or pencil |
笔帽 | 筆帽 | bǐmào | - the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush |
笔心 | 筆心 | bǐxīn | - pencil lead - refill (for a ball-point pen) |
笔战 | 筆戰 | bǐzhàn | - written polemics |
笔挺 | 筆挺 | bǐtǐng | - (standing) very straight - straight as a ramrod - bolt upright - well-ironed - trim |
笔替 | 筆替 | bǐtì | - (poorly paid) ghostwriter or substitute calligrapher |
笔会 | 筆會 | Bǐhuì | - PEN (association of writers) |
笔架 | 筆架 | bǐjià | - pen rack - pen-holder |
笔杆 | 筆桿 | bǐgǎn | - the shaft of a pen or writing brush - pen-holder - pen |
笔法 | 筆法 | bǐfǎ | - technique of writing - calligraphy - or drawing |
笔画 | 筆畫 | bǐhuà | - strokes of a Chinese character |
笔直 | 筆直 | bǐzhí | - perfectly straight - straight as a ramrod - bolt upright |
笔砚 | 筆硯 | bǐyàn | - writing brush and ink stone |
笔筒 | 筆筒 | bǐtǒng | - pen container - brush pot |
笔算 | 筆算 | bǐsuàn | - to do a sum in writing - written calculation |
笔者 | 筆者 | bǐzhě | - the author - the writer |
笔耕 | 筆耕 | bǐgēng | - to make a living by writing - to write (as an author) |
笔触 | 筆觸 | bǐchù | - brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy - brushwork - style of drawing or writing |
笔记 | 筆記 | bǐjì | - to take down (in writing) - notes - a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches - CL:本[ben3] |
笔试 | 筆試 | bǐshì | - written examination |
笔误 | 筆誤 | bǐwù | - a slip of a pen - CL:處|处[chu4] |
笔调 | 筆調 | bǐdiào | - (of writing) tone - style |
笔谈 | 筆談 | bǐtán | - conversation by writing - sketches and notes |
笔译 | 筆譯 | bǐyì | - written translation |
笔迹 | 筆跡 | bǐjì | - handwriting |
笔锋 | 筆鋒 | bǐfēng | - the tip of a writing brush - vigor of style in writing - stroke - touch |
笔录 | 筆錄 | bǐlù | - to put down in writing - to take down notes - transcript - record |
笔电 | 筆電 | bǐdiàn | - notebook (computer) - CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
笔顺 | 筆順 | bǐshùn | - stroke order (when writing Chinese character) |
笔头 | 筆頭 | bǐtóu | - ability to write - writing skill - written - in written form |
粉笔 | 粉筆 | fěnbǐ | - chalk - CL:支[zhi1],段[duan4] |
红笔 | 紅筆 | hóngbǐ | - red pen |
绝笔 | 絕筆 | juébǐ | - words written on one’s deathbed - an artist's final work - swansong |
落笔 | 落筆 | luòbǐ | - to put pen to paper - pen mark |
着笔 | 著筆 | zhuóbǐ | - to put pen to paper |
蜡笔 | 蠟筆 | làbǐ | - crayon |
亲笔 | 親筆 | qīnbǐ | - in one's own handwriting |
竖笔 | 豎筆 | shùbǐ | - vertical stroke (in Chinese characters) |
辍笔 | 輟筆 | chuòbǐ | - to stop writing or painting - to leave off writing midway |
连笔 | 連筆 | liánbǐ | - to write without lifting one's pen from the paper |
运笔 | 運筆 | yùnbǐ | - to wield the pen - to write |
铅笔 | 鉛筆 | qiānbǐ | - (lead) pencil - CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1],桿|杆[gan3] |
钢笔 | 鋼筆 | gāngbǐ | - fountain pen - CL:支[zhi1] |
开笔 | 開筆 | kāibǐ | - to start learning as a poet - to write one's first (poem, essay etc) |
附笔 | 附筆 | fùbǐ | - postscript |
随笔 | 隨筆 | suíbǐ | - essay-writing - belles-lettres |
作笔记 | 作筆記 | zuòbǐjì | - to take notes |
刨笔刀 | 刨筆刀 | bàobǐdāo | - pencil sharpener |
卷笔刀 | 卷筆刀 | juǎnbǐdāo | - pencil sharpener (blade-only type) |
原子笔 | 原子筆 | yuánzǐbǐ | - ballpoint pen - also written 圓珠筆|圆珠笔 |
圆珠笔 | 圓珠筆 | yuánzhūbǐ | - ballpoint pen - CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] |
奇异笔 | 奇異筆 | qíyìbǐ | - marker (writing instrument) |
小笔电 | 小筆電 | xiǎobǐdiàn | - mini laptop or notebook (computer) - netbook - CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
擦擦笔 | 擦擦筆 | cācābǐ | - erasable pen |
荧光笔 | 熒光筆 | yíngguāngbǐ | - highlighter (pen) |
白板笔 | 白板筆 | báibǎnbǐ | - whiteboard marker - dry-erase marker |
白鬼笔 | 白鬼筆 | báiguǐbǐ | - (botany) common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) |
眼线笔 | 眼線筆 | yǎnxiànbǐ | - eyeliner (cosmetics) |
笔底下 | 筆底下 | bǐdǐxià | - ability to write |
笔杆子 | 筆桿子 | bǐgǎnzi | - pen - an effective writer |
笔画数 | 筆畫數 | bǐhuàshù | - stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character) |
笔管面 | 筆管麵 | bǐguǎnmiàn | - penne pasta |
笔记本 | 筆記本 | bǐjìběn | - notebook (stationery) - CL:本[ben3] - notebook (computing) |
签字笔 | 簽字筆 | qiānzìbǐ | - felt-tip pen - roller ball pen - gel ink pen |
羽毛笔 | 羽毛筆 | yǔmáobǐ | - quill pen |
记号笔 | 記號筆 | jìhaobǐ | - (permanent) marker (pen) |
转笔刀 | 轉筆刀 | zhuànbǐdāo | - pencil sharpener |
铅笔刀 | 鉛筆刀 | qiānbǐdāo | - pencil sharpener - CL:把[ba3] |
铅笔盒 | 鉛筆盒 | qiānbǐhé | - pencil case |
马克笔 | 馬克筆 | mǎkèbǐ | - marker (loanword) - felt marker |
麦克笔 | 麥克筆 | màikèbǐ | - marker pen (loanword) |
一笔不苟 | 一筆不苟 | yībǐbùgǒu | - lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) - fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly |
一笔勾销 | 一筆勾銷 | yībǐgōuxiāo | - to write off at one stroke |
一笔抹杀 | 一筆抹殺 | yībǐmǒshā | - to blot out at one stroke - to reject out of hand - to deny without a hearing |
一笔抹煞 | 一筆抹煞 | yībǐmǒshā | - variant of 一筆抹殺|一笔抹杀[yi1 bi3 mo3 sha1] |
五笔字型 | 五筆字型 | wǔbǐzìxíng | - five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 |
五笔字形 | 五筆字形 | wǔbǐzìxíng | - Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes - variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2] |
五笔编码 | 五筆編碼 | wǔbǐbiānmǎ | - five-stroke code, Chinese character input method |
削铅笔机 | 削鉛筆機 | xiāoqiānbǐjī | - pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric) |
口诛笔伐 | 口誅筆伐 | kǒuzhūbǐfá | - to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) - to denounce by word and pen |
国际笔会 | 國際筆會 | GuójìBǐhuì | - International PEN |
梦溪笔谈 | 夢溪筆談 | MèngXīBǐtán | - Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass |
奋笔疾书 | 奮筆疾書 | fènbǐjíshū | - to write at a tremendous speed |
妙笔生花 | 妙筆生花 | miàobǐshēnghuā | - gifted or skillful writing |
屠毒笔墨 | 屠毒筆墨 | túdúbǐmò | - poisonous writing - disparaging writing - calumny |
投笔从戎 | 投筆從戎 | tóubǐcóngróng | - to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) - to join the military (esp. of educated person) |
持橐簪笔 | 持橐簪筆 | chítuózānbǐ | - to serve as a counselor (idiom) |
提笔忘字 | 提筆忘字 | tíbǐwàngzì | - to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters |
死亡笔记 | 死亡筆記 | sǐwángbǐjì | - Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫[Da4 chang3 Dong1] (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健[Xiao3 tian2 Jian4] |
生花妙笔 | 生花妙筆 | shēnghuāmiàobǐ | - beautiful or talented writing |
秉笔直书 | 秉筆直書 | bǐngbǐzhíshū | - to record faithfully |
笔下生花 | 筆下生花 | bǐxiàshēnghuā | - to write elegantly |
罄笔难书 | 罄筆難書 | qìngbǐnánshū | - too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom) - see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qing4 zhu2 nan2 shu1] |
自动铅笔 | 自動鉛筆 | zìdòngqiānbǐ | - mechanical pencil - propelling pencil |
蜡笔小新 | 蠟筆小新 | LàbǐXiǎoxīn | - Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China |
点睛之笔 | 點睛之筆 | diǎnjīngzhībǐ | - the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch - the crucial point that brings the subject to life - a few words to clinch the point |
五笔输入法 | 五筆輸入法 | wǔbǐshūrùfǎ | - five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 |
笔划检字表 | 筆劃檢字表 | bǐhuàjiǎnzìbiǎo | - look-up table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke-count |
笔记型电脑 | 筆記型電腦 | bǐjìxíngdiànnǎo | - notebook (computer) |
笔记本电脑 | 筆記本電腦 | bǐjìběndiànnǎo | - laptop - notebook (computer) - CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
独立中文笔会 | 獨立中文筆會 | dúlìZhōngwénbǐhuì | - Independent Chinese PEN center |
笔记本计算机 | 筆記本計算機 | bǐjìběnjìsuànjī | - laptop - notebook (computer) |
阅微草堂笔记 | 閱微草堂筆記 | YuèwēiCǎotángBǐjì | - Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀[Ji4 Yun2], novel of the supernatural - The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny |
好记性不如烂笔头 | 好記性不如爛筆頭 | hǎojìxìngbùrúlànbǐtóu | - the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom) |
笔胜于刀文比武强 | 筆勝於刀文比武強 | bǐshèngyúdāowénbǐwǔqiáng | - the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom) |
意存笔先,画尽意在 | 意存筆先,畫盡意在 | yìcúnbǐxiān,huàjìnyìzài | - the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through |
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