笔 (bǐ) means Pen (brush stroke - write). Below are 24 of the 36 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的铅 笔 在桌子上。
Tā de qiānbǐ zài zhuōzi shàng.
His pencil is on the desk.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 铅笔
这 笔 贷款要还十年。
Zhè bǐ dài kuǎn yào huán shí nián.
This loan takes ten years to repay.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 贷款
这 笔 钱的利息很低。
Zhè bǐ qián de lìxī hěn dī.
The interest on this money is very low.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 利息
这 笔 钱存的是定期。
Zhè bǐ qián cún de shì dìngqī.
This money is in a fixed-term deposit.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 定期
这 笔 交易金额很大。
Zhè bǐ jiāoyì jīn'é hěn dà.
The sum involved in this transaction is large.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 交易
这 笔 收入相当可观。
Zhè bǐ shōurù xiāngdāng kěguān.
This income is quite considerable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 可观
钢 笔 里没墨水儿了。
Gāngbǐ lǐ méi mòshuǐer le.
The fountain pen has run out of ink.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 墨水儿
他买了一个新 笔 记本。
Tā mǎi le yí gè xīn bǐjìběn.
He bought a new notebook.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 笔记本
请说明这 笔 钱的用途。
Qǐng shuōmíng zhè bǐ qián de yòngtú.
Please explain what this money is for.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 用途
这个字的第一 笔 是横。
Zhège zì de dì yī bǐ shì héng.
The first stroke of this character is a horizontal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 横
这 笔 款项还没有结算。
Zhè bǐ kuǎnxiàng hái méiyǒu jiésuàn.
This sum has not yet been settled.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 结算
这个字的第一 笔 是撇。
Zhège zì de dì yī bǐ shì piě.
The first stroke of this character is a left-falling stroke.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 撇
这个字的第二 笔 是竖。
Zhège zì de dì èr bǐ shì shù.
The second stroke of this character is a vertical.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 竖
这 笔 款项的数额不小。
Zhè bǐ kuǎnxiàng de shù'é bù xiǎo.
The amount of this sum is not small.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 数额
这支铅 笔 已经写秃了。
Zhè zhī qiānbǐ yǐjīng xiě tū le.
This pencil has been worn blunt with writing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 秃
他心疼那 笔 白花的钱。
Tā xīnténg nà bǐ bái huā de qián.
He grudges that wasted money.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 心疼
他斟酌了很久才下 笔 。
Tā zhēnzhuó le hěn jiǔ cái xiàbǐ.
He deliberated a long time before putting pen to paper.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 斟酌
他带了书、 笔 以及本子。
Tā dài le shū, bǐ yǐjí běnzi.
He brought books, pens as well as notebooks.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 以及
学校拨了一 笔 钱修操场。
Xuéxiào bō le yì bǐ qián xiū cāochǎng.
The school allocated a sum of money to repair the sports ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拨
Reading these is one thing; producing 笔 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
回家以后，我算了一 笔 账。
huíjiā yǐhòu, wǒ suàn le / liǎo / liào yī bǐ zhàng.
When I got home, I did a calculation.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
画 笔 在盒子里放了差不多十年。
huà bǐ zài hézi lǐ fàng le / liǎo / liào chàbuduō shínián.
The brushes sat in a box for nearly ten years.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
笔 appears in 36 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 笔
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 笔
How is 笔 used in a sentence?
This page shows 36 sentences using 笔 (bǐ, "Pen (brush stroke - write)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 笔 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 笔 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 笔?
The dictionary page for 笔 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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