筆
简 笔 · 繁 筆Meanings
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (Classifier: 支 zhī, 枝 zhī)
- brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy)
- (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork
- (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character
- (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business
- (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
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- writing brush
- (countable) pen; pencil (Classifier: 枝／支 m c mn; 把 md)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to write; to compose; to pen
- Classifier for writing or drawing: stroke (of Chinese characters, in a painting, etc.)
- Classifier for sums of money and deals. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
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