笔
bǐ HSK2

writing utensil

笔 筆 bǐ
to write noun
(bound form) to write; to compose; to record in writing
pen noun
writing or drawing instrument; pen; pencil; writing brush

这支笔不是普通的笔。

zhè zhī bǐ bù​shì pǔ​tōng de bǐ.

This pen is no ordinary pen.

sum; touch measure word
classifier for sums of money, deals, or strokes of calligraphy and painting

25万美元是很大一笔钱。

25 wàn měi​yuán shì hěn dà yī bǐ qián.

$250,000 is a lot of money.

他想做笔交易。

tā xiǎng zuò bǐ jiāo​yì.

He wants to make a deal.

writing style noun
(bound form) technique or style of writing, calligraphy, or drawing
straight adjective
(bound form) perfectly straight; upright
stroke
a stroke of a Chinese character; (as a classifier) for strokes
surname
a Chinese surname
prose
(archaic) non-rhyming writing; prose (as opposed to poetry/verse)

Cross-References

Classifier

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Frequency
Character
Written text
956th most common 176.0 per million
Movie subtitles
925th most common 121.4 per million appears in 42% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
98.8 per million appears in 29% of films
Written text
85.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
筆
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+7B14

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)